Found 2 items, similar to Shanker.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: shank shank 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: 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: waist] 7: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals [syn: cannon] 8: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball shank v : hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
English → English (gcide) Definition: Shanker Shanker \Shank"er\, n. (Med.) See Chancre. [1913 Webster]