1. (

• shank

) a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg ;

2. (

• shank

) the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle ;

3. (

• shank ,
• stem ,

) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something ;

4. (

• shank ,

) cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head ;

5. (

• shank ,

) cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill ;

6. (

• shank ,
• waist

) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole ;

7. (

• cannon ,
• shank

) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals ;

8. (

• shank

) a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball ;

1. (

• shank

) hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction ;