Shank may refer to:

Objects

Shank (footwear) In a boot or shoe, the shank is a long, thin piece of material between the insole and outsole intended to support the foot and provide structure. Background Materials and design for shanks vary widely with the purpose of the footwear. The shank o ...

, 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 London. Since blades are highly prohibited in the United Kingdom, the intended mode of concealment is central to a ...

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

lead Lead is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metals, heavy metal that is density, denser than most common materials. Lead is Mohs scale of mineral hardness#Intermediate ...

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, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc. One can cl ...

, 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 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 ''Space Cases'' is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired on Nickelodeon for two seasons. Created by Peter David and Bill Mumy, it premiered on March 2, 1996 and ended on January 27, 1997 with reruns until 1998. It aired for a ti ...

'' * "Shank", a 1962 song by Bo Diddley from '' Bo Diddley's a Twister''

Places

* Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia * Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia *

Forward Operating Base Shank Forward Operating Base Shank (, also known as Rocket City) is a former ''Forward operating base'' of the U.S. military, located in Logar Province of eastern Afghanistan, about 12 km south-east of the city of Baraki Barak. During Operation ...

, a U.S. military base in Afghanistan (named after SSG Michael A. Shank) *

Shanksville, Pennsylvania Shanksville is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. It has a population of 197 as of the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the Somerset, Pennsylvania Micropolitan Statistical Area and is located southeast of Pittsburgh and west of Philad ...

Other uses

* Another name for the

lower leg The human leg, in the general word sense, is the entire lower limb of the human body, including the foot, thigh or sometimes even the hip or gluteal region. However, the definition in human anatomy refers only to the section of the lower limb ext ...

in humans *

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

, 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 shoulder. Lamb shanks are often braised whole; veal shanks are typically cross-cut. Some dishes made using shank include: * Bulalo, ...

, 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 New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi in 1599. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with ...

'' * Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope * Shankh, a quantity in the

Indian numbering system The Indian numbering system is used in all South Asian countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan) to express large numbers. The terms ''lakh'' or 1,00,000 (one hundred thousand, written as ''100,00 ...

* SHANK1,

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 natur ...

, and SHANK3, 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 thr ...

, 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, 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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