shank – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of shank

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shank
Participle: shanked
Gerund: shanking

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ishank
youshank
he;she;itshanks
weshank
youshank
theyshank

Perfect

Ihave shanked
youhave shanked
he;she;ithas shanked
wehave shanked
youhave shanked
theyhave shanked

Past

Ishanked
youshanked
he;she;itshanked
weshanked
youshanked
theyshanked

Pluperfect

Ihad shanked
youhad shanked
he;she;ithad shanked
wehad shanked
youhad shanked
theyhad shanked

Future

Iwill shank
youwill shank
he;she;itwill shank
wewill shank
youwill shank
theywill shank

Future Perfect

Iwill have shanked
youwill have shanked
he;she;itwill have shanked
wewill have shanked
youwill have shanked
theywill have shanked

Subjunctive

Present

Ishank
youshank
he;she;itshank
weshank
youshank
theyshank

Perfect

Ihave shanked
youhave shanked
he;she;ithave shanked
wehave shanked
youhave shanked
theyhave shanked

Imperfect

Ishanked
youshanked
he;she;itshanked
weshanked
youshanked
theyshanked

Pluperfect

Ihad shanked
youhad shanked
he;she;ithad shanked
wehad shanked
youhad shanked
theyhad shanked

Conditional

Present

Iwould shank
youwould shank
he;she;itwould shank
wewould shank
youwould shank
theywould shank

Perfect

Iwould have shanked
youwould have shanked
he;she;itwould have shanked
wewould have shanked
youwould have shanked
theywould have shanked

Imperative

youshank
weLet's shank
youshank

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam shanking
youare shanking
he;she;itis shanking
weare shanking
youare shanking
theyare shanking

Perfect

Ihave been shanking
youhave been shanking
he;she;ithas been shanking
wehave been shanking
youhave been shanking
theyhave been shanking

Past

Iwas shanking
youwere shanking
he;she;itwas shanking
wewere shanking
youwere shanking
theywere shanking

Pluperfect

Ihad been shanking
youhad been shanking
he;she;ithad been shanking
wehad been shanking
youhad been shanking
theyhad been shanking

Future

Iwill be shanking
youwill be shanking
he;she;itwill be shanking
wewill be shanking
youwill be shanking
theywill be shanking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been shanking
youwill have been shanking
he;she;itwill have been shanking
wewill have been shanking
youwill have been shanking
theywill have been shanking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be shanking
youwould be shanking
he;she;itwould be shanking
wewould be shanking
youwould be shanking
theywould be shanking

Perfect

Iwould have been shanking
youwould have been shanking
he;she;itwould have been shanking
wewould have been shanking
youwould have been shanking
theywould have been shanking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'shank'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'shank'

chank, hank, shack, shark, shink, skank, spank, stank, swank, thank,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to stab with an improvised weapon
shiv#Verb|shiv
to remove another's pants
depants#Verb|depants
Especially with an improvised blade.
shiv, stab

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Inherited from Middle English sceonke, schank, schanke, shanke, schonke, sconke, sschanke, from Old English sċanca, sċeanca, sċeonca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (“shank; thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to hobble, limp; to tilt”).
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with West Frisian skonk (“leg”), Dutch schenkel (“shank”), German and Luxembourgish Schenkel (“thigh”), Danish skank (“shank; leg”), Norwegian Nynorsk skank, skonk (“thigh; foot”), Swedish skank, skånk (“leg”); also Cornish kamm (“pace, step”), Irish céim (“pace, step”), Manx keim (“degree, pace, stage, step”), Scottish Gaelic ceum (“pace, step”), Welsh cam (“pace, step”), Greek σκάω (skáo), σκάζω (skázo, “to burst, explode”), Bulgarian and Macedonian шега́ (šegá, “jest, joke; prank”). See: Cornish 'kamm', Greek 'σκάω'.

Sample Sentences

  • Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal. [2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:]
  • the gerrnens of these swelled, and on four out of the six I have now got fine pods, above 1% inch in length, with the seeds externally visible; whereas the flower stalks of the many other flowers all shanked off. [1861, Charles Darwin, Cause of the variation of flowers:]
  • The system is suitable for shanking all kind of sewn buttons (jackets, coats, blouses, shirts, trousers). [2000, The Indian Textile Journal (volume 110, issues 7-12)]
  • I take those metal shanks, slide the backs of them in glue and make them lie down on the shoe-bottoms, […] Last week they ran a contest to see which shankers shanked fastest. I'm not embarrassed to say I beat them all. [1986 March 6, "Factory Work" [Poetry, 147], quoted in 2009, Deborah Boe, The Girl of the Early Race: Poems, Gegensatz Press]