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Adjective (slang) Bad. Noun The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle. Meat from that part of an animal. (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs. A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem. The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck. The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point. A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached. The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached. (sports) A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft. (slang) An improvised stabbing weapon; a shiv. A loop forming an eye to a button. (architecture) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. (metalworking) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it. (printing, dated) The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot. (shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel. Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round. The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time. The main part or beginning of a period of time. 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, chiefly golf, tennis, soccer) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction. (intransitive) To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off. Find more words! 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