Originally prison slang(as we know) for being stabbed by a crude improvised weapon. In area's like London(East london, North, West and South) It simply means stabbed-The word is used popularly by gangsters and delinquents.
Ill shank you bruv
Look yeah, duck out or ill shank you
You wanna get shanked?
Safe then ill shank you.
Look yeah, duck out or ill shank you
You wanna get shanked?
Safe then ill shank you.
by Ninpo-Bugei July 28, 2006

To violently stab someone with the intent of causing serious damage, commonly used when in the presence of a zombie
by The Norton Lass February 9, 2015

by ThatOneFangirlMegan April 19, 2018

"you better gimmie dat cornbread son, or you finna get shanked!" said inmate dontrelle to his cellmate
by max powell April 20, 2005

by Gaylorrrrr May 30, 2011

by Cheeto bot 123 November 27, 2019

a pirate captain in the anime one piece also known as red hair shanks he is usually seen wearing a straw hat
by gomu gomu dickhead November 9, 2009
