Shanked is the past tense of shank.
In golf, to shank a shot is to mishit the ball with the club's hosel rather than the face, sending it wildly off course: He shanked it into the rough.
More broadly, to shank something is to botch it badly.
In prison slang, to shank someone is to stab them with an improvised blade: He got shanked in the yard.
1. stabbed — shivved, Stabbed with improvised blade; knifed (Struck with a blade); stuck (Unable to move); jabbed (Struck with quick thrust); pierced · impaled · punctured · slashed · gashed · wounded · attacked · assaulted · prison · homemade
2. mishit — sliced, Divided by cutting; hooked (Deeply dependent or bent); duffed (Mishit, especially in golf); topped (Exceeded or crowned); skulled · thinned · fatted · chunked · flubbed · muffed · scuffed · skyed · bladed · heeled
Opposites
QUALITY OF STRIKE (SPORTS)shanked ≠ pure Unmixed, without impurities; flushed · striped · nutted · nailed · centered
OUTCOME/TRAJECTORYshanked ≠ nailed Secured with fasteners; drilled · pinpoint · dead straight · on target · true
STABBING ACTION (SLANG)shanked ≠ healed Returned to health; protected · unharmed · spared · saved · defended
Phrases
lamb shank (Young sheep's leg portion); beef shank (Bovine leg portion); shank bone (Lower leg bone); veal shank (Young bovine leg portion); shank it (Hit from the hosel); shanked it (Hit badly sideways)
Categories
golf mishits: topped, chunked, sliced, hooked, thinned; prison: cell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
Family
shank, shanks, shanking
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