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shanking 

The act of stabbing someone with a shank. Comes from the word shank which is a crude knife usually made in prison, a homemade knife-like weapon usually made from a spoon.
You better watch out or else he'll be shanking you.
shanking by N/A December 13, 2003

Shawshanking

To slowly, and discretely, remove something as Tim Robbins removed the dirt and rocks he excavated while digging a tunnel out of his cell in the film Shawshank Redemption..
hey how are you gettin' rid of all those old books you couldn't yard sale?

No worries man, I'm shawshanking them around. left one in the blockbuster the other day. Put it on the shelf in alphabetical order.
Shawshanking by okfuskee June 14, 2010

Shawshanking It 

To ecstatically raise ones arms in the iconic style of Andy Dufrain from the Shawshank Redemption, whilst feeling a surge of uncontrollable euphoria during the breakdown phase of a trance track in a nightclub.
The muic was really emotional on Saturday, we were Shawshanking it all night.

shawshanking

To slowly chip away at getting to know someone in order to get into a relationship with them, in the way Tim Robbins' character slowly chips away at his prison cell to eventually brreak out of jail in the movie The Shawshank Redemption.
"Ray's a bloody shawshanker! He's been shawshanking my girlfriend for the past three months!

Shawshanking

Shawshanking is the act of reacting with appalled disbelief because someone hasn't seen a movie that it is considered a classic.

Originated with someone having not seen The Shawshank Redemption, but can be applied to any movie.
"I haven't seen Poltergeist."
"YOU HAVEN'T SEEN POLTERGEIST?!"
"You're Shawshanking me!"
Shawshanking by whiplashsmile713 August 25, 2013

Shanking 

To shit and wank harmoniously
I can't believe how much I love shanking!
Shanking by Skippadd December 4, 2018