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shanked

  • /ʃæŋkt/
  • [ʃeɪŋkt]

Rhymes with -æŋkt

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of shank

adjective

  1. not comparable Having a shank. 'It is the top of a pearl boot button undoubtedly, I should say,' pronounced the sergeant. 'One of those metal-shanked things that they wire into the boot nowadays. […]'
  2. not comparable Affected with disease of the shank or footstalk Your Muscat Grapes are both shanked and scalded ; the latter can be easily remedied, but the former is more difficult.

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"shanked." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shanked. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"shanked." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shanked.

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@misc{shanked_2026,
  title = {shanked},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shanked},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}