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    shank
    /ʃaŋk/

    noun

    • 1. a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle: "the old man's thin, bony shanks showed through his trousers"
    • 2. a long, narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end: "gouges vary in the amount of curve or sweep on the cutting edge and the form of the shank"

    verb

    • 1. strike (the ball) with the heel of the club: "I shanked a shot and hit a person on a shoulder"
    • 2. slash or stab (someone), especially with a makeshift knife: informal US "I got shanked with a broken bottle"

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