as in knife
an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal
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The Pig & Tiger menu features rice and noodle dishes, dumplings and large plates such as pork belly and lamb buns, and onion-and-cilantro rolls made with beef shank and tongue.
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Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Frozen lamb shanks were improperly thawed in the prep sink without running water.
—Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The joint motors enable 12 degrees of freedom, translating to a motion range from -58° to plus 58° at the body, -134 to 180°/-89 to 225° at the thighs, and -158 to -30° at the shank.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
Each probe consists of four parallel shanks, and each shank is studded with 1,280 electrodes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
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Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
Frozen lamb shanks were improperly thawed in the prep sink without running water.
—Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The joint motors enable 12 degrees of freedom, translating to a motion range from -58° to plus 58° at the body, -134 to 180°/-89 to 225° at the thighs, and -158 to -30° at the shank.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2025
Each probe consists of four parallel shanks, and each shank is studded with 1,280 electrodes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shank
Noun
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The woman took off and was found hiding in nearby woods holding a knife, police told WCMH.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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The labor market is balancing on a knife edge, with little hiring and little firing making for tight conditions.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Coast Guard cutter William Hart's crew also diverted to assist with the response.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Shank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shank. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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