Definition of Shank

Noun

• a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
  
• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
  cannon
• the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
  waist
• cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
  
• cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
  
• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
  stem
• the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
  
• a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
  

Verb

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

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