Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)Bad.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom got shanked while he was in prison.

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  2. Even the best tennis players shank their shots occasionally.

    ruДаже лучшие теннисисты порой срывают удары. — Ooneykcall

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  3. I travelled on shank's pony.

    deIch bin per pedes gereist. — Dejo

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  4. Tom got shanked.

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  5. If the car breaks down, I’ll have to go by shank’s mare.

    deIch muss auf Schusters Rappen umsatteln, wenn das Auto Schrott ist. — list

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English sceonke, schank, schanke, shanke, schonke, sconke, sschanke,

Inherited from Middle English sceonke, schank, schanke, shanke, schonke, sconke, sschanke, from Old English sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (“shank; thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to hobble, limp; to tilt”).

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Forms

shanker, shankest
Comparativeshanker Lesson
Superlativeshankest Lesson

regular

Word family

4 related words
RelatedthinA1fatA1toeA2shank it

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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