1syllable
shanked
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Definitions ofshanked
1verb
- To travel on foot.
- To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
- To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
- To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
- To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
- To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
- To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
- (shoemaking) To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
1adjective
- Having a shank.
- Affected with disease of the shank or footstalk
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