Main Entry: Pronunciation: Function: Etymology: #ate:

1shank

Middle English shanke, from Old English scanca akin to Old Norse skakkr crooked, reek ska!ein to lim" $efore 1%th century

noun

shak

1 a : the "art of the leg $et&een the knee and the ankle in humans or the corres"onding "art in 'arious other 'erte$rates $ : (E c : a cut of $eef, 'eal, mutton, or lam$ from the u""er or the lo&er "art of the leg : )*+N , see -EEF illustration % : a straight narro& usually essential "art of an o$.ect: as a : the straight "art of a nail or "in $ : a straight "art of a "lant : )/EM, )/0(1 c : the "art of an anchor $et&een the ring and the cro&n , see 0N2*O3 illustration d : the "art of a fishhook $et&een the eye and the $end e : the "art of a key $et&een the handle and the $it f : the stem of a to$acco "i"e or the "art $et&een the stem and the $o&l g : /0N 1 h 415 : the narro& "art of the sole of a shoe $eneath the inste" 4%5 : )*0N1P+E2E 6 : a "art of an o$.ect $y &hich it can $e attached: as a 415 : a "ro.ection on the $ack of a solid $utton 4%5 : a short stem of thread that holds a se&n $utton a&ay from the cloth $ : the end 4 4as of a drill $it5 that is gri""ed in a chuck 7 a : the latter "art of a "eriod of time $ : the early or main "art of a "eriod of time 811 "9m9 on the East coast is merely the shank of the e'ening on the :est coast; < slang : an often homemade knife =shanked > sha4k5t> ad.ecti'e

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