shank (Noun) — A cut of meat (beef, veal, mutton or lamb) from the lower part of the leg.
shank (Noun) — The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.
shank (Noun) — Cylinder forming a long narrow part of something.
shank (Noun) — Cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head.
shank (Noun) — Cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill.
shank (Noun) — The narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole.
shank (Noun) — Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals.
shank (Noun) — A poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball.
shank (Verb) — (golf) hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.