Synonyms of shanks

shanks

noun

plural of shank, slang

as in knives

an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting

slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knives
• cutters
• blades
• shivs
• swords
• daggers
• bayonets
• cleavers
• stilettoes
• bowie knives
• sabres
• bodkins
• bolos
• stilettos
• steels
• poniards
• cutlasses
• pocketknives
• dirks
• machetes
• stylets
• switchblades
• yataghans
• rapiers
• sabers
• hacks
• sheath knives
• scalpels
• bowie knifes
• jackknives
• switch knives