Even the best tennis players shank their shots occasionally.
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Shank
//ʃæŋk//
Synonyms for "shank" (169 found)
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Verb(18 words)
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Translations
86 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skenkel noun (lower part of the leg)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κωλήν noun (meat from that part of animal)
- κωλῆ noun (meat from that part of animal)
Arabic
2 entries- عرقوب noun (lower part of the leg)
- عُرْقُوب noun (lower part of the leg)
Armenian
2 entries- արտալա noun (meat from that part of animal)
- սրունք noun (lower part of the leg)
Bengali
1 entries- ঠেং noun (lower part of the leg)
Bulgarian
3 entries- джолан noun (meat from that part of animal)
- подбедрица noun (lower part of the leg)
- стержен noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
Catalan
2 entries- gamba noun (a bird of the genus Tringa)
- garra noun (lower part of the leg)
Czech
2 entries- bérec noun (lower part of the leg)
- dřík noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
Dutch
2 entries- onderbeen noun (lower part of the leg)
- schenkel noun (lower part of the leg)
Esperanto
1 entries- kruro noun (lower part of the leg)
Estonian
1 entries- koot noun (meat from that part of animal)
Finnish
4 entries- etupotka noun (meat from that part of animal)
- kahva noun (protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached)
- otin noun (protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached)
- potka noun (lower part of the leg)
French
3 entries- jambe noun (lower part of the leg)
- jarret noun (meat from that part of animal)
- tringle noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
Galician
1 entries- canela noun (lower part of the leg)
Georgian
1 entries- კანჭი noun (meat from that part of animal)
German
3 entries- Beinstück noun (meat from that part of animal)
- Hachse noun (meat from that part of animal)
- Unterschenkel noun (lower part of the leg)
Hungarian
1 entries- lábszár noun (lower part of the leg)
Icelandic
1 entries- leggur noun (lower part of the leg)
Indonesian
1 entries- sengkel noun (meat from that part of animal)
Ingrian
1 entries- sääri noun (lower part of the leg)
Irish
2 entries- lorga noun (lower part of the leg)
- spanla noun (lower part of the leg)
Italian
3 entries- gamba noun (lower part of the leg)
- gambo noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
- stinco noun (meat from that part of animal)
Ladino
1 entries- puli noun (meat from that part of animal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- blauzda noun (lower part of the leg)
Macedonian
1 entries- коленица noun (meat from that part of animal)
Māori
1 entries- koreke noun (The centre part of a fishhook)
Norman
1 entries- gambe noun (lower part of the leg)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- legg noun (lower part of the leg)
- skank noun (lower part of the leg)
- skank noun (meat from that part of animal)
- skinnbein noun (lower part of the leg)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اینجك noun (lower part of the leg)
- باجاق noun (lower part of the leg)
Persian
2 entries- سردست noun (meat from that part of animal)
- قلم پا noun (lower part of the leg)
Polish
1 entries- goleń noun (lower part of the leg)
Portuguese
1 entries- canela noun (lower part of the leg)
Romanian
2 entries- gambă noun (lower part of the leg)
- rasol noun (meat from that part of animal)
Russian
4 entries- го́лень noun (lower part of the leg)
- плюсна́ noun (lower part of the leg)
- сте́ржень noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
- улит noun (a bird of the genus Tringa)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gnjat noun (lower part of the leg)
- potkoljenica noun (lower part of the leg)
Slovak
4 entries- holeň noun (lower part of the leg)
- lýtko noun (lower part of the leg)
- lýtko noun (meat from that part of animal)
- píšťala noun (lower part of the leg)
Spanish
1 entries- pincho noun (an improvised stabbing weapon)
Swedish
4 entries- skänkel noun (lower part of the leg)
- skänkel noun (meat from that part of animal)
- skänkel noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
- syl noun (an improvised stabbing weapon)
Turkish
1 entries- incik noun (meat from that part of animal)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гомілка noun (lower part of the leg)
- стрижень noun (straight, narrow part of an object)
- хвостовик noun (protruding part of an object, by which it can be attached)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
If the car breaks down, I’ll have to go by shank’s mare.
Source: tatoeba (6534640)
The traditional elements are all in place—including the Seder plate which holds unleavened bread, green vegetables, bitter herbs and a shank bone.
Source: tatoeba (12089184)
Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.
Source: wiktionary
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