Shank vs. Shin
Shankadjective
(slang) Bad.
Shanknoun
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Shanknoun
Meat from that part of an animal.
Shanknoun
A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
Shanknoun
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
Shanknoun
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
Shanknoun
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
Shanknoun
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
Shanknoun
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
Shanknoun
(sports) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
Shanknoun
(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon; a shiv.
Shanknoun
A loop forming an eye to a button.
Shanknoun
(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
Shanknoun
(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
Shanknoun
The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
Shanknoun
(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
Shanknoun
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
Shanknoun
The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
Shanknoun
The main part or beginning of a period of time.
Shankverb
To travel on foot.
Shankverb
(slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
Shankverb
(slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
Shankverb
To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
Shankverb
(intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
Shanknoun
See Chank.
Shanknoun
The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
Shanknoun
Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.
Shanknoun
The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
Shanknoun
A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
Shanknoun
The body of a type.
Shanknoun
The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
Shanknoun
A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; - called also shanks.
Shanknoun
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
Shankverb
To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; - usually followed by off.
Shanknoun
a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
Shanknoun
the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
Shanknoun
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
Shanknoun
cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
Shanknoun
cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
Shanknoun
the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
Shanknoun
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Shanknoun
a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
Shankverb
hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
Shanknoun
a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle
Shanknoun
the lower part of an animal's foreleg
Shanknoun
the shank of an animal's leg as a cut of meat
Shanknoun
a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end
Shanknoun
the cylindrical part of a bit by which it is held in a drill.
Shanknoun
the long stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc.
Shanknoun
the straight part of a fish hook.
Shanknoun
a part or appendage by which something is attached to something else, especially a wire loop attached to the back of a button.
Shanknoun
the band of a ring rather than the setting or gemstone.
Shanknoun
the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe
Shanknoun
a makeshift knife fashioned from a sharp item such as broken glass or a razor
Shanknoun
an act of striking the ball with the heel of the club
Shanknoun
a mishit shot, typically one that is struck with the frame of the racket
Shankverb
strike (the ball) with the heel of the club
Shankverb
mishit (a shot), typically by striking it with the frame of the racket
Shankverb
slash or stab (someone), especially with a makeshift knife
Shinnoun
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.
Shinnoun
A fishplate for a railway.
Shinnoun
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Shinverb
To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
Shinverb
To strike with the shin.
Shinverb
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
Shinnoun
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
Shinnoun
A fish plate for rails.
Shinverb
To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; - used with up; as, to shin up a mast.
Shinverb
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
Shinverb
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
Shinnoun
the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
Shinnoun
a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
Shinnoun
the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Shinnoun
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Shinverb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
