Shank

Adjective

 * 1)  Bad.

Noun

 * 1) The lower part of the leg; shin.
 * 2) Meat from that part of an animal.
 * 3) A straight, narrow part of an object; shaft; stem.
 * 4) The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
 * 5) The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
 * 6) A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
 * 7) The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece of the bit, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
 * 8)  A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. See thin,fat,toe.
 * 9)  An improvised stabbing weapon.
 * 10)  De-pantsing an individual, to some in the south.

Derived terms

 * greenshank
 * umbroshank
 * redshank
 * shank-nag
 * shank-weary
 * shankbone - the bone of the foreleg
 * shanks' nag
 * shanks' mare
 * shanks' pony
 * Longshanks

Verb

 * 1)  Travel on foot.
 * 2)  stab, especially with an improvised blade.
 * 3)  remove another's pants, especially in jest.
 * 4)  Hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.

Thesaurus
Chateaubriand, ankle, ascender, back, bastard type, bayonet legs, beard, belly, bevel, black letter, blade roast, body, bowlegs, breast, brisket, calf, cap, capital, case, chuck, chuck roast, clod, cnemis, cold cuts, counter, descender, drumstick, em, en, face, fat-faced type, feet, filet mignon, flank, font, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, gigot, groove, ham, hind leg, hock, italic, jamb, knee, knuckle, leg, letter, ligature, limb, logotype, loin, lower case, majuscule, minuscule, nick, pale, palisade, peg, pi, pica, picket, pile, plate, plate piece, podite, point, popliteal space, pot roast, print, rack, rib roast, ribs, roast, rolled roast, roman, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, sans serif, scissor-legs, script, shin, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, sirloin, small cap, small capital, spile, stake, stamp, stem, stems, stumps, tarsus, tenderloin, trotters, type, type body, type class, type lice, typecase, typeface, typefounders, typefoundry, upper case

Etymology
shanke, from sceanca, from  (compare West Frisian skonk:, Low German Schanke:, Dutch/ Schenkel: 'shank, leg', Norwegian skank), from *skankaz (compare  skakkr 'wry, crooked'), from  (compare  scingim: 'I spring',  skázein 'to limp').

Noun

 * Bosnian: potkoljenica
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: (in humans),  (in animals)


 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: (in humans), плюсна (in horses)


 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, etupotka (front leg), takapotka (hind leg)


 * German: Beinstück


 * Finnish:


 * Russian:


 * Finnish:, ,


 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: pincho

Anagrams

 * ankhs
 * hanks
 * khans
 * Naskh