Synonyms for shank

Most common

leg · stem · cutter · shin · cannon · waist · chop · borer

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Verb

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

   Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.

2. v. 1

   To travel on foot.

3. v. 2

   To stab, especially with an improvised blade.

4. v. 3

   To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.

Related words

Phrases

ham shank shank's mare shank's pony

Forms

Plural

shanks → legs, shins, cutters, stems…

Past participle

shanked
e.g. shanked → jabbed, chinged, splashed, enthrilled…

Example sentences

• leg The policeman was shot in the leg by a delinquent.
• stem All the sciences are branches from the same stem.
• cutter Ziri cut the sheet metal with a plasma cutter.
• shin OK. I'll go to Shin-Osaka station's shinkansen exit.
• cannon That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.
• waist Ziri ran over and put his arm around Rima's waist.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

leg¹, jab¹

4 letters

walk¹, stem¹, chop¹, shin¹, jook

5 letters

waist¹, poker², shave¹, ching¹, shiva², mindy², rambo², borer², chete, debag

6 letters

cannon², splash¹, cutter²

7 letters

cheffer, depants

8 letters

splasher, enthrill

13 letters

pedestrianize, pedestrianise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poker² = 2 syllables).

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