Shank may refer to:

Objects

* Shank (footwear), part of a shoe or boot *

Shank (sewing) A shank is a device for providing a small amount of space in between a garment and a button. Shanks are necessary to provide space for fabric to sit in between the button and the garment when the garment is buttoned. Shanks also allow a garment ...

, a spacing device *

Shank (weapon) A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie or shank, is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's con ...

, a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon * Lead shank, a type of

lead Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol Pb (from Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a Heavy metal (elements), heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale, soft and Ductility, malleabl ...

used for horses *

Tang (tools) A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword A sword is an edged and bladed weapons, edged, bladed weapon intended for manual c ...

, the back portion of the blade component of a tool *

Drill bit shank The shank is the end of a drill bit grasped by the chuck of a drill. The cutting edges of the drill bit contact the workpiece, and are connected via the shaft with the shank, which fits into the chuck. In many cases a general-purpose arrangement ...

, the non-cutting end of a drill bit *

Sheepshank A shank is a type of knot that is used to shorten a rope or take up slack, such as the sheepshank. The sheepshank knot is not stable. It will fall apart under too much load or too little load. The knot has several features which allow a rope to b ...

, a knot used to shorten a rope

Art and entertainment

* ''Shank'' (video game), an action game * ''Shank'' (2009 film), a British drama * ''Shank'' (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London * ''Shank'', a play by Richard Vincent * Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series '' Space Cases'' * "Shank", a 1962 song by Bo Diddley from ''

Bo Diddley's a Twister ''Bo Diddley's a Twister'' is the seventh studio album by American musician Bo Diddley released on the Checker label in 1962 .

Places

Mount Schank Mount Schank is a high dormant volcano in the southeast corner of South Australia, near Mount Gambier. It was sighted by James Grant on 3 December 1800 and named after Admiral John Schank, designer of Grant's ship, HMS '' Lady Nelson''. Mo ...

, a dormant volcano in Australia * Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia * Forward Operating Base Shank, a U.S. military base in Afghanistan (named after SSG Michael A. Shank) *

Shanksville, Pennsylvania Shanksville is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of 199 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Somerset, Pennsylvania Micropolitan Statistical ...

Other uses

* Another name for the

lower leg The leg is the entire lower limb (anatomy), limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or Gluteal muscles, buttock region. The major bones of the leg are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shin bone), and adjacent f ...

in humans *

Tibia The tibia (; : tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two Leg bones, bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outsi ...

, one of the two main bones of the leg *

Shank (meat) A meat shank or shin is the portion of meat around the tibia of the animal, the leg bone beneath the knee and :File:British_Lamb_Cuts.svg, shoulder. Lamb (meat), Lamb shanks are often braised whole; veal shanks are typically cross-cut. Some dis ...

, a cut of meat (e.g., beef shank) * Shank, a poor golf stroke * Shanks, wading birds in the genus ''

Tringa ''Tringa'' is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1599. They are mainly freshwater birds, often w ...

'' * Shankh, a quantity in the

Indian numbering system The Indian numbering system is used in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh to express large numbers, which differs from the International System of Units. Commonly used quantities include ''lakh'' (one hundred thousand) and ''crore' ...

SHANK1 SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SHANK1'' gene. Interactions SHANK1 has been shown to Protein-protein interaction, interact with: * ARHGEF7, * BAIAP2, * DNM2, * SPTAN1, and ...

SHANK2 SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SHANK2'' gene. Two alternative splice variants, encoding distinct isoforms, are reported. Additional splice variants exist but their full-length natu ...

, and

SHANK3 SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domains 3 (Shank3), also known as proline-rich synapse-associated protein 2 (ProSAP2), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SHANK3'' gene on chromosome 22. Additional isoforms have been described for thi ...

, types of protein

People with the name

Bud Shank Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and thro ...

, an American saxophonist *

Christopher B. Shank Christopher B. Shank (born June 30, 1972) is an American politician who has served in a variety of roles within Maryland state government, including Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Legislative Officer to Governor Larry Hogan. He has previously s ...

, Maryland politician *

Daniel Shank Daniel Shank (born May 12, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League. After playing four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Shank made his professional debut with the Adiron ...

, a Canadian ice hockey player * Harvey Shank, Canadian baseball player *

John Shank John Shank (also spelled Shanke or Shanks) (died January 1636) was an actor in English Renaissance theatre, a leading comedian in the King's Men during the 1620s and 1630s. Early career By his own testimony, Shank began his stage career with P ...

, a 17th-century English actor * David E. Shank, co-founder and long-time General Manager of the co-op that developed Shenandoah's Pride milk brand *

Charles V. Shank Charles Vernon (Chuck) Shank (born July 12, 1943) is an American physicist, best known as the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 1989 to 2004. Early life and education Charles Vernon (Chuck) Shank was born in Mount Holly, ...

, physicist, inventor of femtosecond lasers

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