# Shank

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**Shank** may refer to:

## Objects

- [Shank (footwear)](/source/Shank_(footwear)), a part of a shoe or boot
- [Shank (jewelry)](/source/Shank_(jewelry)), a hoop part of a jewelry ring
- [Shank (sewing)](/source/Shank_(sewing)), a spacing device
- [Shank (weapon)](/source/Shank_(weapon)), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon
- Lead shank, a type of [lead](/source/Lead_(tack)) used for horses
- [Tang (tools)](/source/Tang_(tools)), the back portion of the blade component of a tool
- [Drill bit shank](/source/Drill_bit_shank), the non-cutting end of a drill bit
- [Sheepshank](/source/Sheepshank), a knot used to shorten a rope

## Art and entertainment

- [*Shank* (video game)](/source/Shank_(video_game)), an action game
- [*Shank* (2009 film)](/source/Shank_(2009_film)), a British drama
- [*Shank* (2010 film)](/source/Shank_(2010_film)), a thriller set in futuristic London
- *Shank*, a play by [Richard Vincent](/source/Richard_Vincent_(playwright))
- Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series *[Space Cases](/source/Space_Cases)*
- "Shank", a 1962 song by Bo Diddley from *[Bo Diddley's a Twister](/source/Bo_Diddley's_a_Twister)*

## Places

- [Mount Schank](/source/Mount_Schank), a dormant volcano in Australia
- [Shankh Monastery](/source/Shankh_Monastery), a monastery in Mongolia
- [Forward Operating Base Shank](/source/Forward_Operating_Base_Shank), a U.S. military base in Afghanistan (named after SSG Michael A. Shank)
- [Shanksville, Pennsylvania](/source/Shanksville,_Pennsylvania)

## Other uses

- Another name for the [lower leg](/source/Lower_leg) in humans
- [Tibia](/source/Tibia), one of the two main bones of the leg
- [Shank (meat)](/source/Shank_(meat)), a cut of meat (e.g., beef shank)
- Shank, a poor [golf stroke](/source/Golf_swing#Misplayed_shots)
- Shanks, wading birds in the genus *[Tringa](/source/Tringa)*
- Shankh, a quantity in the [Indian numbering system](/source/Indian_numbering_system)
- [SHANK1](/source/SHANK1), [SHANK2](/source/SHANK2), and [SHANK3](/source/SHANK3), types of protein

## People with the name

- [Bud Shank](/source/Bud_Shank), an American saxophonist
- [Christopher B. Shank](/source/Christopher_B._Shank), Maryland politician
- [Daniel Shank](/source/Daniel_Shank), a Canadian ice hockey player
- [Harvey Shank](/source/Harvey_Shank), Canadian baseball player
- [John Shank](/source/John_Shank), a 17th-century English actor
- [David E. Shank](/source/David_E._Shank), co-founder and long-time General Manager of the co-op that developed Shenandoah's Pride milk brand
- [Charles V. Shank](/source/Charles_V._Shank), physicist, inventor of femtosecond lasers

## See also

- [Schenck](/source/Schenck)
- [Schenk](/source/Schenk)
- [Shenk](/source/Shenk)
- [Shanks (disambiguation)](/source/Shanks_(disambiguation))

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