shank

shank is a valid 5-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does shank mean?

  • A valid word accepted in tournament Scrabble and Words With Friends play.

  • noun

    cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

  • noun

    lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

  • noun

    the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

  • noun

    a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

  • noun

    a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

  • noun

    cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

  • noun

    cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

  • verb

    hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

  • noun

    the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

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