legleg /lɛg/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1
BODY PART [countable] either of the two long parts of your body that your feet are joined to and that you use for walking, or a similar part on an animal or insect: Angie broke her leg skiing. leg muscles A spider has eight legs.2FURNITURE [countable] one of the upright parts that supports a piece of furniture: a table leg3PANTS [countable usually plural] a part of your pants or other piece of clothing that covers your leg: Pull up your pant legs.4FOOD [countable, uncountable] the leg of an animal when eaten as food: roast leg of lamb5TRIP/RACE ETC. [countable] a part of a long trip, race, process, etc. that is done one part at a time: the second leg of the band’s U.S. tour► see thesaurus at stage16leg room space in which to put your legs comfortably when you are sitting in a car, aircraft, etc.: There isn’t enough leg room for me.7a leg up an advantage over a person or group of people: This new technology should give the company a leg up on their competition.8something is on its last legs informal used to say that something is in very bad condition and about to stop working: Our printer is on its last legs.9not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say: If you didn’t sign a contract, you don’t have a leg to stand on.10something has legs informal if a movie, television show, piece of news, etc. has legs, people continue to be interested in it11MATH [countable] one of the two congruent (=same length) sides of a right triangle, that meet and form an angle of 90°; or one of the two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle, that meet at the vertex (=top); or one of the two congruent sides of a trapezoid, that are not parallel[Origin: 1200–1300 Old Norse leggr] → see also break a leg! at break1 (20), -legged, peg leg, pull somebody’s leg at pull1 (18), sea legs, shake a leg at shake1 (13), stretch your legs at stretch1 (13)
BODY PART [countable] either of the two long parts of your body that your feet are joined to and that you use for walking, or a similar part on an animal or insect: Angie broke her leg skiing. leg muscles A spider has eight legs.2FURNITURE [countable] one of the upright parts that supports a piece of furniture: a table leg3PANTS [countable usually plural] a part of your pants or other piece of clothing that covers your leg: Pull up your pant legs.4FOOD [countable, uncountable] the leg of an animal when eaten as food: roast leg of lamb5TRIP/RACE ETC. [countable] a part of a long trip, race, process, etc. that is done one part at a time: the second leg of the band’s U.S. tour► see thesaurus at stage16leg room space in which to put your legs comfortably when you are sitting in a car, aircraft, etc.: There isn’t enough leg room for me.7a leg up an advantage over a person or group of people: This new technology should give the company a leg up on their competition.8something is on its last legs informal used to say that something is in very bad condition and about to stop working: Our printer is on its last legs.9not have a leg to stand on informal to be in a situation where you cannot prove or legally support what you say: If you didn’t sign a contract, you don’t have a leg to stand on.10something has legs informal if a movie, television show, piece of news, etc. has legs, people continue to be interested in it11MATH [countable] one of the two congruent (=same length) sides of a right triangle, that meet and form an angle of 90°; or one of the two congruent sides of an isosceles triangle, that meet at the vertex (=top); or one of the two congruent sides of a trapezoid, that are not parallel[Origin: 1200–1300 Old Norse leggr] → see also break a leg! at break1 (20), -legged, peg leg, pull somebody’s leg at pull1 (18), sea legs, shake a leg at shake1 (13), stretch your legs at stretch1 (13)