Shank

Shank can refer to:

• Lead shank, a type of lead used for difficult horses
• Shank (sewing), a sewing-specific shank include button shanks and thread shanks
• The long, narrow part of a screw or nail
• Shank, part of a ship's anchor
• Shank (weapon), a slang for a makeshift knife usually crafted from scrap metal, or (as a verb) the use of such a weapon
• A metal "spine" placed inside a shoe or boot
• The handle (beginning) for a pair of shears / scissors; the part that connects the neck to the ride
• Shanks, wading birds in the genus Tringa
• Shanks' mare, Shanks's pony idioms meaning to walk
• Shank (meat), a cut of meat
• Beef shank, a cut of beef from the lower part of a cow, namely the extremities
• Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope
• In ballet, the shank is the part of a pointe shoe used to support the arch of one's foot when dancing en pointe
• Shank (play), 2008 play by Richard Vincent
• Shankh, a quantity in the Indian numbering system
• SHANK1 or SHANK2, a major scaffold protein that interacts indirectly with both NMDA receptors and metabotropic receptors
• Shank in modern terms could mean stab, when used in a sentence, "I will shank you", this means "I will stab you"

People

• Christopher B. Shank, Maryland politician
• A nickname for Dan Shaughnessy, a sportswriter for the Boston Globe

In entertainment:

• Bud Shank (b. 1926), an American saxophonist
• Warlord Shank, an evil villain from the TV series Space Cases

In sports:

• Harvey Shank (b. 1946), Canadian baseball player
• Shank, a poor golf shot

Also see: Schenck, Schenk, Shenk