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SHANK

Definition:

1. [noun] a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
   
   
2. [noun] the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
   
   
3. [noun] cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
   Synonyms: stem
   
   
4. [noun] cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
   
   
5. [noun] cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
   
   
6. [noun] the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
   Synonyms: waist
   
   
7. [noun] lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
   Synonyms: cannon
   
   
8. [noun] a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
   
   
9. [verb] hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
   
   

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Related Words:

• foreshank
• hindshank

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