Shank

Shank may refer to:

Objects

 * Shank (footwear), part of a shoe or boot
 * Shank (sewing), a spacing device
 * Shank (weapon), a makeshift knife or stabbing weapon
 * Lead shank, a type of lead used for horses
 * Tang (tools), the back portion of the blade component of a tool
 * Drill bit shank, the non-cutting end of a drill bit
 * Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope

Art and entertainment

 * Shank (video game), an action game
 * Shank (2009 film), a British drama
 * Shank (2010 film), a thriller set in futuristic London
 * Shank, a play by Richard Vincent
 * Warlord Shank, a villain in the TV series Space Cases
 * "Shank", a 1962 song by Bo Diddley from Bo Diddley's a Twister

Places

 * Mount Schank, a dormant volcano in Australia
 * Shankh Monastery, a monastery in Mongolia
 * Forward Operating Base Shank, a U.S. military base in Afghanistan (named after SSG Michael A. Shank)
 * Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Other uses

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

People with the name

 * Bud Shank, an American saxophonist
 * Christopher B. Shank, Maryland politician
 * Daniel Shank, a Canadian ice hockey player
 * Harvey Shank, Canadian baseball player
 * John Shank, a 17th-century English actor
 * David E. Shank, co-founder and long-time General Manager of the co-op that developed Shenandoah's Pride milk brand
 * Charles V. Shank, physicist, inventor of femtosecond lasers