shanked

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/ʃæŋkt/[ʃeɪŋkt]

adjective

Having a shank.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of shank
adjectiveshanked (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a shank.

    'It is the top of a pearl boot button undoubtedly, I should say,' pronounced the sergeant. 'One of those metal-shanked things that they wire into the boot nowadays. […]'

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  2. not comparablebiologyAffected with disease of the shank or footstalk

    Your Muscat Grapes are both shanked and scalded ; the latter can be easily remedied, but the former is more difficult.

    1904, William Robinson, The Garden

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shanked

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Cite this entry
APA

shanked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanked

MLA

“shanked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanked. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shanked,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shanked.

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