Shank - Definition

n 1: a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the
upper part of the leg
2: the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn:
shank, stem]
4: cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and
the head
5: cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the
drill
6: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide
part of the sole [syn: shank, waist]
7: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock
in hoofed mammals [syn: cannon, shank]
8: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the
ball
v 1: hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball
to veer in the wrong direction