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  1. a long, thin, straight part of particular objects, especially one that connects the end of a device or tool that you hold to the end of it that moves or does something: the shank of a screwdriver. the shank of a key / nail. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Poles, rods, shafts and sticks. bargepole. baton. billy club. boathook. bollard.

  2. The meaning of SHANK is the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in humans or the corresponding part in various other vertebrates. How to use shank in a sentence.

  3. noun. Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg. a corresponding or analogous part in certain animals. the lower limb in humans, including both the leg and the thigh. a cut of meat from the top part of the front foreshank or back hind shank leg of an animal.

  4. Definitions of shank. noun. the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle. see more. noun. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals. synonyms: cannon. see more. noun. a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg. see more. noun.

  5. (British English, informal) walking, rather than travelling by car, bus, etc. synonym on foot. ‘How did you get here?’ ‘Shankss pony!’. See shank in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: shank. Definition of shank noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

  6. noun. 1. the lower part of the leg; part between the knee and ankle in humans or a part like this in animals. 2. the whole leg. 3. a cut of meat from the leg of an animal. 4. a straight, narrow part between other parts, as. a. the part of a tool or instrument between the handle and the working part; shaft. b.

  7. shank noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. Old English–. That part of the leg which extends from the knee to the ankle; the tibia or shinbone. Also (now jocularly) the leg as a whole; chiefly plural one's legs. α forms. OE. Þa hi to þam hælende comon & gesawon þæt he dead wæs ne bræcon hi na his sceancan.

  8. 1. The shank of an object is the long, thin, straight part of the object. [...] 2. Shanks are the lower parts of the legs; used especially with reference to meat. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'shank' American English: ʃæŋk British English: ʃæŋk. More. Conjugations of 'shank' present simple: I shank, you shank [...]

  9. shank meaning, definition, what is shank: a straight narrow part of a tool or obje...: Learn more.

  10. noun. shanks. The lower part of the leg; part between the knee and ankle in humans or a part like this in animals. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A corresponding part in other vertebrates. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. The whole leg. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A cut of meat from the leg of an animal.

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