shank meaning

UK US /ʃæŋk/ 1 syllable

shank (noun): a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.

shank has 9 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

shank as a noun

  1. a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

    Type of: cut

    Kinds: foreshank, hindshank

  2. the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

    Type of: body part

  3. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

    Synonyms: stem

    Type of: cylinder

  4. cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

    Type of: cylinder

  5. cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

    Type of: cylinder

  6. the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

    Synonyms: waist

    Type of: part

  7. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

    Synonyms: cannon

    Type of: body part

  8. a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

    Type of: golf stroke

shank as a verb

  1. hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

    Type of: hit

shank in a sentence

How to pronounce shank

shank is pronounced /ʃæŋk/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with shank

Scrabble score: 12 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SH · words ending in NK · 5-letter words

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