Meaning
8 senses(slang)To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
(slang)To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
(transitive)To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
(transitive)To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
(intransitive)To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
(transitive)To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
(Ulster, archaic)To travel on foot.
Examples
5 sentencesTom got shanked while he was in prison.
Even the best tennis players shank their shots occasionally.
ruДаже лучшие теннисисты порой срывают удары. — Ooneykcall
I travelled on shank's pony.
deIch bin per pedes gereist. — Dejo
Tom got shanked.
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
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
shanks, shanking, shanked, shankedSynonyms
36 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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