shanking
Dreaded golf mishit
Shanking is stabbing someone with a shank—a crude improvised blade, typically associated with prisons where inmates fashion weapons from filed-down metal, plastic, or other available materials.
The term carries connotations of desperate violence in confined settings: He got shanked in the yard.
In golf, shanking is mishitting the ball with the hosel rather than the clubface, sending it sharply sideways.
Makeshift stabbing tool
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- inmateConfined facility resident
- cellBasic unit of life
- yardLinear measure or grounds
convict · correctional · penitentiary · lockup · solitary · gang · violence · homemade
Makeshift stabbing tool
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- thrustForceful forward motion
- pierceMake hole through
wound · attack · victim · injury · laceration · assault · cutting · puncture
shiv
Makeshift stabbing tool
yard · convict · correctional · penitentiary · lockup · solitary · gang · violence · homemade · weapon
shiv
Makeshift stabbing tool
pierce · wound · attack · victim · injury · laceration · assault · cutting · puncture · jab
slice
Portion cut off
fairway · swing · bogey · driver · iron · wedge · tee · green · bunker · handicap
mishit
Poorly struck shot
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- errorFault in communication
- malfunctionFailure to operate properly
misstep · flub · botch · gaffe · goof · snafu · slip · fizzle · flop · miscue
shankingflushing
Washing by water surge
striping · compressing · crushing it · drawing · fading
- shanking itMis-striking off hosel