shank
//ʃæŋk//
Noun
The part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.
I felt a sharp pain in my shank after running the marathon.
A cut of meat from the leg of an animal, especially beef or lamb.
I braised the lamb shank for three hours until it was tender.
The long, narrow part of a tool or instrument connecting the handle to the working end.
The shank of the drill bit was too short for the deep hole.
A crude knife or stabbing weapon, typically improvised in prison.
The guards found a shank hidden in the prisoner's mattress.
Verb
To stab someone with a shank or improvised weapon.
The prisoner was shanked in the yard during the riot.
In golf, to strike the ball with the hosel of the club, causing it to veer sharply off course.
I shanked my approach shot and the ball flew into the trees.