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Synonyms for shank
ʃæŋkshank
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Princeton's WordNet
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
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, stemshanknoun
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
shank, waistnoun
the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
cannon, shanknoun
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
shankverb
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #988 | base | |
| #1955 | root | |
| #2168 | theme | |
| #5556 | blade | |
| #5836 | stem | |
| #6335 | bow | |
| #6963 | radical | |
| #9599 | cannon | |
| #10050 | waist | |
| #15813 | fore | |
| #16173 | shin | |
| #16719 | mango | |
| #22438 | shank | |
| #27286 | stalk | |
| #34787 | tibia | |
| #67737 | waistline | |
| #80930 | prow | |
| #164257 | carom |
How to use shank in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
Translations for shank
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- عرقوبArabic
- bérecCzech
- skaftDanish
- Unterschenkel, BeinstückGerman
- γάμπαGreek
- pinchoSpanish
- kootEstonian
- otin, potka, ripa, varsi, takapotka, etupotka, kahva, sääriFinnish
- jarretFrench
- lábszárHungarian
- betisIndonesian
- gamboItalian
- שוקHebrew
- scapusLatin
- schachtDutch
- skaftNorwegian
- cholewkaPolish
- canelaPortuguese
- coadăRomanian
- стержень, голень, улит, хвостовик, плюснаRussian
- potkoljenica, gnjatSerbo-Croatian
- skaftSwedish
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