Shiv vs. Shank

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Shivnoun

A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

Shivnoun

A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

Shivverb

To stab someone with a shiv.

Shivverb

(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

Shivnoun

a knife used as a weapon

Shivnoun

a knife or razor used as a weapon.

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

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