| shank [n] |
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| 1) | a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg |
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| cut foreshank hindshank |
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| 2) | the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle |
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| body_part leg calf |
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| 3) | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something |
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| Synonyms : | stem |
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| cylinder anchor key grip nail pin wineglass |
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| 4) | cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head |
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| cylinder bolt |
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| 5) | cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill |
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| cylinder bit |
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| 6) | the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole |
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| Synonyms : | waist |
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| part sole |
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| 7) | lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals |
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| Synonyms : | cannon |
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| body_part animal_leg hoofed_mammal cannon_bone |
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| 8) | a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball |
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| golf_shot |
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| shank [v] |
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| 1) | hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction |
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| hit golf |
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