Noun the shank of a drill bit slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal
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Noun
The screw forces the shank of the anchor to split and expand, giving this style of anchor its name. Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2022 While most of the dishes, over the course of nearly three hours, had invited Mr. Wells’s spoken notes on texture and flavor, a silence spread over the table after the veal shank in stew arrived.New York Times, 13 July 2022 Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said that Casey White previously tried to break out of the facility in 2020, but officers caught him with a shank and he was transferred to William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama. Paul Best, Fox News, 6 May 2022 If the remaining beef shank is tender enough, shred the meat and add to the pot. Danny Chau, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022 For their entrees, Zach ordered a lamb shank and Jeremy had kebabs. Prachi Gupta, Washington Post, 12 May 2022 Offering Easter dinner pick-ups, including breakfast pastries, wild game meatballs, lamb shank and Nutella crepes. Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022 Take the shank out and cut into either cubes or ½-in. Danny Chau, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022 One of the brand’s trademarks is an internal shank, embedded in the midsole. Adam Chase, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2020
Verb
Rachel threatens to shank Mercedes with a piece of plane debris over the Patsy Cline solo. Maggie Olmsted, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022 Well, no matter how many times Bills punter Matt Haack tried to shank the game away, Zach Wilson kept giving it right back.New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022 Try the tender texture of mushroom ceviche with coconut, curry leaf, and crunchy boondi, or Nalli Nihari lamb shank, slowly braised and served with saffron-cauliflower risotto. Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021 That convenience is also accentuated due to the impact-ready, 1⁄4-inch hex shank on each of the drill bits. Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Sep. 2021 But the sharp decline in air travel last year pounded these operations, and airports around the world have reported that annual revenues shank by more than half last year. Esther Fung, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2021 The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection.cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020 The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection.cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020 The barbecue pork shank along with the Carolina shrimp and grits is perfection.cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English shanke, from Old English scanca; akin to Old Norse skakkr crooked, Greek skazein to limp
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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0_0: Translations of Shank
# n. 脛骨: shank, shinbone, tibia 跖骨: metatarsus, shank
0_0: Definitions of Shank
# noun. - a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle. * the old man's thin, bony shanks showed through his trousers - a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end. * gouges vary in the amount of curve or sweep on the cutting edge and the form of the shank - a part or appendage by which something is attached to something else, especially a wire loop attached to the back of a button. - the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe. * a rigid leather boot with a full shank - an act of striking the ball with the heel of the club. * he hit a shank with his tee shot and took double bogey
# verb. - strike (the ball) with the heel of the club. * I shanked a shot and hit a person on a shoulder