shank
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.
- 2.
Meat from that part of an animal.
- 3.
(colloquial)(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
- 4.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
- 5.
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
- 6.
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
- 7.
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
This twist drill has a reduced shank so that it can be used even in a small chuck.
- 8.
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- 9.
(golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- 10.
(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
- 11.
(shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)
- 12.
(slang)An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.
Đồng nghĩa: shiv
- 13.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
- 14.
(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
- 15.
(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
- 16.
(dated)(printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
- 17.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
- 18.
The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
- 19.
The main part or beginning of a period of time.
the shank of the morning
Động từ
verb- 1.
(Ulster, archaic)To travel on foot.
Đồng nghĩa: pedestrianize, walk, ambulate, pedestrianize, raik
- 2.
(slang)To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
Đồng nghĩa: jab, shiv, chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk
- 3.
(slang)To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
Đồng nghĩa: debag, depants
- 4.
(transitive)(transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- 5.
(transitive)(transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- 6.
(intransitive)To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- 7.
(transitive)(transitive, sewing) To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
The system is suitable for shanking all kind of sewn buttons (jackets, coats, blouses, shirts, trousers).
- 8.
(shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
I take those metal shanks, slide the backs of them in glue and make them lie down on the shoe-bottoms, […] Last week they ran a contest to see which shankers shanked fastest. I'm not embarrassed to say I beat them all.
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adjective- 1.
(slang)Bad.
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ine-pro Middle English sceonke, schank, schanke, shanke, schonke, sconke, sschanke, from Old English sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca (leg), from *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (shank; thigh), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (to hobble, limp; to tilt). 2 cog Cognate with skonk, schenkel, Schenkel, skank, skank, skonk (thigh; foot), skank, skånk (leg);