SHANK

Definition

1. verb hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction.
2. noun a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
3. noun the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.
4. noun cylinder forming a long narrow part of something. — synonyms: stem
5. noun cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head.
6. noun cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill.
7. noun the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole. — synonyms: waist
8. noun lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals. — synonyms: cannon
9. noun a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball.