Definition of "shanking" []

• Present participle of shank. (verb)

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• "Some confusion arose in a review of a television drama about knife crime as a result of mishearing the term shanking, which means stabbing someone with a knife, as shagging (Last night's TV, page 27, G2, October 2)."
• ""Some confusion arose in a review of a television drama about knife crime as a result of mishearing the term shanking, which means stabbing someone with a knife, as shagging (Last night's TV, page 27, G2, October 2).""
• "It puts a whole new meaning on the term shanking the ball!"