noun

• (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
• (golf) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
  "To a good golfer a shank is disgracefuller than being dead drunk or in jail."
• (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
• (shoemaking) A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)

verb

• (archaic, Ulster) To travel on foot.
• (slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
• (slang) To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
• (transitive, golf) To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.

adj

• (slang) Bad.