SHANKS

noun

1. The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
2. Meat from that part of an animal.
3. A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

verb

1. To travel on foot.
2. To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
3. To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.