Shank

Shank is the lower part of the leg; shin.

It may also refer to:


 * Shank (meat), a cut of meat (e.g., Beef shank)
 * Shank (video game), an action game
 * Shank (2009 film), An LGBT based film
 * Shank (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London
 * Shank (sewing), such as button shanks and thread shanks
 * Shank, a play by Richard Vincent
 * Slang for shiv, a makeshift knife
 * Shank, a poor golf shot
 * Shanks, wading birds in the genus Tringa
 * Shank of a brass mouthpiece

Component parts

 * Shank, a stiffener in a ballet pointe shoe
 * The body of a nail
 * Part of a scissors handle
 * Part of a ship's anchor
 * Part of a bulldozer's ripper
 * Shank (footwear) part of a shoe/boot

People

 * Bud Shank, an American saxophonist
 * Christopher B. Shank, Maryland politician
 * Harvey Shank, Canadian baseball player
 * John Shank, a 17th century English actor
 * Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series Space Cases

Places

 * Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia
 * Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia
 * Shank Hall, a fictitious performance venue in the film This Is Spinal Tap
 * Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Miscellanea

 * SHANK1 and SHANK2, types of protein
 * Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope
 * Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses
 * Shankh, a quantity in the Indian numbering system
 * Shanks' mare (or shanks' pony or shanks' nag), an idiom meaning to walk