Examples of “shank” in a Sentence

noun The lower leg, between the knee and the ankle, in people or animals.

• The recipe called for two lamb shanks, slow-cooked until tender.

noun The narrow shaft or stem of a tool or object, such as a key, drill bit, or fishhook.

• The screwdriver's shank had bent slightly from overuse.

verb In golf, to accidentally hit the ball with the part of the club head nearest the shaft, sending it off at a bad angle.

• He shanked his approach shot straight into the trees.