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Shanked

To travel on foot.

📖 Definitions of "Shanked"

verb
  1. 1

    To travel on foot.

  2. 2

    To stab, especially with an improvised blade.

  3. 3

    To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.

  4. 4

    To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.

adjective
  1. 1

    Having a shank.

  2. 2

    Affected with disease of the shank or footstalk

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shanked"

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WordDefinition
waistnoun(anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
cannonnounA complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.
stemnounThe stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
jacked(slang) Strong and/or muscled.
assaultedsexually abused
attackedverb(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
jumpedverb(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
molestedsexually abused
nibbedHaving a nib or point.
pickedverbChosen; selected.
pikednounFurnished with a pike; ending in a point.
pencillateShaped like a pencil.
schtickyAlternative form of shticky. [Having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky.]
porkedverb(slang) Extensively broken or beyond repair.
tappedverbHaving a tap or taps.
hardpointnounPart of an airframe designed to carry an external load such as a missile.
pigtailedHaving a pigtail.
pinchbecknounAn alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
thimbledOf a finger: having a thimble (“cup-shaped cap used in sewing to push the needle through material”) on the tip; of a person: wearing a thimble on one's finger.
peggedverbFitted or furnished with one or more pegs.

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