foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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greenshank | (noun) large European sandpiper with greenish legs | Synonyms: Tringa nebularia |
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hindshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
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mishandle | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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(verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mismanage |
redshank | (noun) a common Old World wading bird with long red legs | Synonyms: Tringa totanus |
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scrimshank | (verb) avoid work | - |
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scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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shandy | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandygaff |
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shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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shanghai | (verb) take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | Synonyms: impress |
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shanghaier | (noun) a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship | Synonyms: seizer |
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shank | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball | - |
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(noun) lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals | Synonyms: cannon |
(noun) the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole | Synonyms: waist |
(noun) cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill | - |
(noun) cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head | - |
(noun) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | Synonyms: stem |
(noun) the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle | - |
(noun) a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg | - |
(verb) hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction | - |
shanny | (noun) European scaleless blenny | Synonyms: Blennius pholis |
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shantung | (noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation) | - |
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shanty | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shack |
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(noun) a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | Synonyms: chantey, chanty, sea chantey |
shantytown | (noun) a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties | - |
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sheepshank | (noun) a knot for shortening a line | - |
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spindleshanks | (noun) long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |
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(noun) a thin person with long thin legs | Synonyms: spindlelegs |