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Shanks

The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

📖 Definitions of "Shanks"

noun
  1. 1

    The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

  2. 2

    Meat from that part of an animal.

  3. 3

    A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

  4. 4

    A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.

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.

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