*i know this word may not have a nice meaning and if its dirty i dont plan on doing it so please dont yell at me for asking* but what does it mean when a person says to another "im gonna shank you?" i hear it all the time and i seriously dont know and its bothering me.. thanks..
2007-12-03 07:21:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
"I'm going to stab you"
Can be with a knife, or some other improvised object.
No dirty meanings that I know of.
2007-12-03 07:23:54 · answer #1 · answered by XPEH BAM 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Shank it to cut you. It is a prison term. In prison they don't have knifes for obvious reasons but necessity is the mother of all invention. Prisoners takes every day things and make knife like things called a shank or a shive. Then when they use it they have shanked that person instead of stab. The term got pop culture acclaim in the 80's and 90's with the movie Shaw Shank Redemtion. Then with subsequent prison movies and TV shows. So if some one says that to you it is a threat on your life it is the same as saying I am going to stab or shoot you. However since this is in the adolescent section teens maybe using it and a play term. Like I can't believe you got an A on the test I got a B I am going to shank you. In that context it is playful I guess
2007-12-03 07:49:47 · answer #2 · answered by Big Daddy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Shank is usually a prison term for a "homemade" knife. The "shanks" can be made out of pretty much anything including a toothbrush. So I'd say that it more then likely means "I'm gonna stab you"
2007-12-03 07:27:28 · answer #3 · answered by STRESSED spells DESSERTS 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to stab with a piece of metal or some other sharp object. A "shank" is prison slang for a hidden item used to stab somebody.
2007-12-03 07:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Shank is a home made knife
Im going to stab you
2007-12-03 07:25:04 · answer #5 · answered by Fuzzybutt 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
shank, shanked
orgin: prison slang
A homemade knife.
made out of scrap of metal found anywhere and sharpend like a knife. and bottom tightly wrapped with a cloth as a handle.
shanked.
to be stabbed by a homemade knife.
"CrookedEye John" got shanked up..
I heard he got hit with a rusty shank.
2007-12-03 07:26:44 · answer #6 · answered by baby_x 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shank- quickly pulling someone's pants down as a form of personal embarrassment.
Shank can refer to:
* Lead shank, a type of lead used for difficult horses
* Shank (biology), a major scaffold protein that interacts indirectly with both NMDA receptors and metabotropic receptors
* Shank (sewing), a sewing-specific shank include button shanks and thread shanks
* Shank, part of a ship's anchor
* Shank (weapon), a slang for a makeshift knife usually crafted from scrap metal, or (as a verb) the use of such a weapon.
* Shankh, a quantity in the Indian numbering system
* Shanks, a family of wading birds
* Shanks' mare, an idiom meaning to walk
* Shank (meat), a cut of meat
* Beef shank, a cut of beef from the lower part of a cow, namely the extremities.
* Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope
* In ballet, the shank is the part of a pointe shoe used to support the arch of one's foot when dancing en pointe.
* Slang for a knife, most commonly an improvised one, or the act of stabbing itself
wikipedia
2007-12-03 07:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by Larry W 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It means I am going to stab you. From what I know, shank is a knife.
2007-12-03 07:25:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
To shank someone is to sneak up on an unsuspecting individual and stab them.
2007-12-03 07:25:46 · answer #9 · answered by hellbreak777 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i thought 'shank' meant to stab someone...but it could have taken on a whole other meaning by now...
2007-12-03 07:24:34 · answer #10 · answered by Shana H 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
shank is to stab, its a prison word for stab you, i used to be a pen pal to prisoners
2007-12-03 07:27:04 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋