Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shank

8 senses of shank

Sense 1
shank -- (a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg)
       => cut, cut of meat -- (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 2
shank -- (the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)
       => body part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Sense 3
shank, stem -- (cylinder forming a long narrow part of something)
       => cylinder -- (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)

Sense 4
shank -- (cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head)
       => cylinder -- (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)

Sense 5
shank -- (cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill)
       => cylinder -- (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)

Sense 6
shank, waist -- (the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole)
       => part, portion -- (something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together")

Sense 7
cannon, shank -- (lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals)
       => body part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Sense 8
shank -- (a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball)
       => golf stroke, golf shot, swing -- (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shank

1 sense of shank

Sense 1
shank -- (hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction)
       => hit -- (cause to move by striking; "hit a ball")