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Noun shank has 8 senses

shank - a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
--₁ is a kind of cut, cut of meat
--₁ has particulars: foreshank; hindshank
shank - the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
--₂ is a kind of body part
--₂ is a part of leg
--₂ has parts: calf, sura
shank, stem - cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
--₃ is a kind of cylinder
--₃ is a part of
anchor, ground tackle; key; handle, grip, handgrip, hold; nail; pin; wineglass
shank - cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
--₄ is a kind of cylinder
--₄ is a part of bolt
shank - cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
--₅ is a kind of cylinder
--₅ is a part of bit
shank, waist - the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
--₆ is a kind of part, portion
--₆ is a part of sole
cannon, shank - lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
--₇ is a kind of body part
--₇ is a part of animal leg; ungulate, hoofed mammal
--₇ has parts: cannon bone
shank - a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
--₈ is a kind of golf stroke, golf shot, swing

Derived form: verb shank₁

Verb shank has 1 sense

shank - hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
--₁ is one way to hit

Derived form: noun shank₈
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Somebody ----s something