Dictionary definition · 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
verb
- hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).