Shank vs Shoulder - What's the difference?
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(slang) Bad.
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
* Shakespeare
Meat from that part of an animal.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece of the bit, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
(sports) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. See thin,fat,toe.
(slang) An improvised stabbing weapon.
Any of several species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that are primarily distinguished by their brightly colored legs.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
(architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
(metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
(printing, dated) The body of a type.
(shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
(archaic, Ulster) to travel on foot
(slang) to stab, especially with an improvised blade
(slang) to remove another's pants, especially in jest; to depants
(transitive, chiefly, golf, football) to hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction
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To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
(lb) The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
#The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
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#*:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder . The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window.
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#*:With just the turn of a shoulder' she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, ''Mount Vernon'', river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a ' shoulder .
#(lb) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
#A cut of meat comprised of the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
#The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
A shelf between two levels.
#A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder.
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#The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
#*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
#*:the north western shoulder of the mountain
#The lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
#The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
#An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
(lb) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
The portion below the neck.
#(lb) The rounded portion of stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
#The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
#(lb) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
(lb) That which supports or sustains; support.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:In thy shoulder do I build my seat.
To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
* (rfdate) (Edmond Spenser)
* (rfdate) (Rowe)
To carry (something) on one's shoulders.
(figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
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To put (something) on one's shoulders.
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(figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
To place (something) against one's shoulders.
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To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
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To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
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In intransitive terms the difference between shank and shoulder
is that shank is to fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by {{term|off|lang=en}} while shoulder is to move by or as if by using one's shoulders.As nouns the difference between shank and shoulder
is that shank is the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle while shoulder is The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.As verbs the difference between shank and shoulder
is that shank is to travel on foot while shoulder is to push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.As an adjective shank
is bad.shank
English
Adjective
(er)Noun
(en noun)- His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide / For his shrunk shank .
- (Gwilt)
Derived terms
* greenshank * umbroshank * redshank * shank-nag * shank-weary * shankbone - the bone of the foreleg * shanks' nag * shanks' mare * shanks' pony * LongshanksVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.}}
- (Darwin)
Anagrams
*shoulder
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* cold shoulder * hard shoulder * rub shoulders * shoulder bag * shoulder blade * shoulder check * shoulder-length * shoulder pad * shoulder season * shoulder to cry on * straight from the shoulder * you can't put an old head on young shouldersVerb
(en verb)- As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.
- ''Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.
- shoulder the blame
