Shank
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Shank is the lower part of the leg, also called the "shin".
Shank may also refer to:
- Shank (meat), a cut of meat (e.g., beef shank)
- Shank (weapon), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon
- Shank (sewing), such as button shanks and thread shanks
- Shank (video game), an action game
- Shank (2009 film), a British drama
- Shank (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London
- Shank, a play by Richard Vincent
- Shank, a poor golf stroke
- Shanks, wading birds in the genus Tringa
- Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope
- Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses
- Shankh, a quantity in the Indian numbering system
- SHANK1 and SHANK2, types of protein
Component parts
- Tang (tools), the back portion of the blade component of a tool
- Shank, a stiffener in a ballet pointe shoe
- The body of a nail
- Part of a scissors handle
- Part of a ship's anchor
- Drill bit shank, the end of a drill bit
- Part of a bulldozer ripper
- Shank (footwear) part of a shoe/boot
- Part of an aircraft propeller
- Part of a brass mouthpiece
People
- Bud Shank, an American saxophonist
- Christopher B. Shank, Maryland politician
- Harvey Shank, Canadian baseball player
- John Shank, a 17th-century English actor
- Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series Space Cases
- David E. Shank, co-founder and long-time General Manager of the co-op that developed Shenandoah's Pride milk brand
Places
- Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia
- Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia
- Shanksville, Pennsylvania