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Word entry · 5 letters

shank

Best crossword clue

"Lower leg part"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃæŋk/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ahknsStarts with SEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English sceonke, schank, schanke, shanke, schonke, sconke, sschanke, from Old English sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (“shank; thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to hobble, limp; to tilt”).

Used in a sentence

  • Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.
  • His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank […]
  • This twist drill has a reduced shank so that it can be used even in a small chuck.

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