shanking

SaySHANGK-ing/ˈʃæŋkɪŋ/

Noun pluralshankings

2 meanings of shanking

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of shank. Use it after is or was, or to name the action.
He keeps shanking his golf shots into the woods.
Our kicker was shanking every ball in practice today.
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2
nounslangcountable
An attack in which someone is stabbed with a homemade knife.
There was a shanking in the prison yard last night.
Guards searched every cell for the blade used in the shanking.
Similarstabbing
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shanking is a form of shank

shank, verb: To stab someone, often with a homemade knife. Full entry

Forms: shankshanks he/she/itshanking -ing formshanked past tense, past participle
Spelling: shank → shanking: add -ing

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