Shank

Shank is the lower part of the leg; shin.

It may also refer to:

• Shank (meat), a cut of meat (e.g., beef shank)
• Shank (video game), an action game
• Shank (2009 film), An LGBT based film
• Shank (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London
• Shank (sewing), such as button shanks and thread shanks
• Shank, a play by Richard Vincent
• Slang for shiv, a makeshift knife
• Shank, a poor golf shot
• Shanks, wading birds in the genus Tringa
• Shank of a brass mouthpiece
• Shank, to simultaneously masturbate and defecate. A blend of the words shit and wank.

Component parts

• Shank, a stiffener in a ballet pointe shoe
• The body of a nail
• Part of a scissors handle
• Part of a ship's anchor
• Part of a bulldozer's ripper
• Shank (footwear) part of a shoe/boot

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

Places

• Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia
• Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia
• Shank Hall, a fictitious performance venue in the film This Is Spinal Tap
• Shank Hall, a performance venue in Milwaukee, WI named in tribute to the fictitious venue in the film This Is Spinal Tap
• Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Miscellanea

• SHANK1 and SHANK2, types of protein
• 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
• Shanks' mare (or shanks' pony or shanks' nag), an idiom meaning to walk
• Shanking, pulling someone's pants down

See also

• Schenck
• Schenk
• Shenk (disambiguation)
• Shanks (disambiguation)