shank
Nouns
- (n) a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- (n) the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- (n) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something stem,
- (n) cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- (n) cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- (n) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole waist,
- (n) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals cannon,
- (n) a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
Verbs
- (v) hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction