shank


shank - noun

  • a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
  • the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
  • cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  • cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
  • cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
  • the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
  • lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
  • a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

    • shank - verb

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

    shank - thesaurus

    cannon   stem   waist  

    Scrabble score for shank

    s is 1 h is 4 a is 1 n is 1 k is 5
    Scrabble score = 12

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