shanks

plural of shank, slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shanks After a couple shanks, Sanchez launches one on line. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 Frozen lamb shanks were improperly thawed in the prep sink without running water. Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Each probe consists of four parallel shanks, and each shank is studded with 1,280 electrodes. IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shanks
Noun
  • Others just shrug, throw all their knives in the dishwasher week after week, and then toss them into a drawer.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With Jokic orchestrating at the elbow or top of the arc, cutters find seams that few (or in some cases any) other passers have the ability to exploit.
    Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Today there was a lot more cutters inside to righties.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Shanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanks. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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