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KK Pronunciation

〔 ʃæŋk 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ʃæŋk 〕


Overview of noun shank

The noun shank has 8 senses


  • shank -- (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)

  • shank -- (the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)

  • shank, stem -- (cylinder forming a long narrow part of something)

  • shank -- (cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head)

  • shank -- (cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill)

  • shank, waist -- (the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole)

  • cannon, shank -- (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)

  • shank -- (a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball)


Overview of verb shank

The verb shank has 1 sense


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