Antonyms for shank
ʃæŋkshank

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1. shanknoun

   a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

   Synonyms:
   stem, cannon, waist

2. shanknoun

   the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

   Synonyms:
   stem, cannon, waist

3. shank, stemnoun

   cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

   Synonyms:
   bow, root, theme, stalk, root word, stem turn, cannon, waist, base, fore, radical, prow, stem

4. shanknoun

   cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

   Synonyms:
   stem, cannon, waist

5. shanknoun

   cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

   Synonyms:
   stem, cannon, waist

6. shank, waistnoun

   the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

   Synonyms:
   stem, waistline, cannon, waist

7. cannon, shanknoun

   lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

   Synonyms:
   stem, carom, cannon, waist

8. shankverb

   a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

   Synonyms:
   stem, cannon, waist

9. shankverb

   hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

How to use shank in a sentence?

1. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace:

   He forced the guard to disrobe and then put on his clothes, he then held the shank against the guard as they went downstairs and he left through a side door.

2. Rick Singleton:

   We shook him down, and we did find a shank in his possession -- a shank is a prison knife -- and we retrieved that. We immediately had him shipped back to the Department of Corrections.

3. Collin Morikawa:

   I did something in my career that I haven’t done yet, was shank a shot, yeah, shanked a pitching wedge straight in the trees.

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