- shank - a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
--1 is a kind of cut, cut of meat
--1 has particulars: foreshank; hindshank- shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
--2 is a kind of body part
--2 is a part of leg
--2 has parts: calf, sura- shank, stem - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
--3 is a kind of cylinder
--3 is a part ofanchor, ground tackle; key; handle, grip, handgrip, hold; nail; pin; wineglass - shank - cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
--4 is a kind of cylinder
--4 is a part of bolt- shank - cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
--5 is a kind of cylinder
--5 is a part of bit- shank, waist - the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
--6 is a kind of part, portion
--6 is a part of sole- cannon, shank - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
--7 is a kind of body part
--7 is a part of animal leg; ungulate, hoofed mammal
--7 has parts: cannon bone- shank - a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
--8 is a kind of golf stroke, golf shot, swing
Derived form: verb shank1 - shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- shank - hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
--1 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun shank8
Somebody ----s something