shank

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noun
Plural noun:
shanks
  1. 1.

    The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

    Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.

  2. 2.

    Meat from that part of an animal.

  3. 3.

    (colloquial)(ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

  4. 4.

    A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.

  5. 5.

    The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.

  6. 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. 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. 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. 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. 10.

    (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

  11. 11.

    (shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)

  12. 12.

    (slang)An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.

    Đồng nghĩa: shiv

  13. 13.

    A loop forming an eye to a button.

  14. 14.

    (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.

  15. 15.

    (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

  16. 16.

    (dated)(printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.

  17. 17.

    Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.

  18. 18.

    The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.

  19. 19.

    The main part or beginning of a period of time.

    the shank of the morning

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
shanks
V_ing/Gerund
shanking
V_ed/pp
shanked
  1. 1.

    (Ulster, archaic)To travel on foot.

    Đồng nghĩa: pedestrianize, walk, ambulate, pedestrianize, raik

  2. 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. 3.

    (slang)To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.

    Đồng nghĩa: debag, depants

  4. 4.

    (transitive)(transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.

  5. 5.

    (transitive)(transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.

  6. 6.

    (intransitive)To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.

  7. 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. 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.

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
shanker
Superlative
shankest
  1. 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);

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