wristnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪst/us/rɪst/B2 the part of the body between the hand and the arm:
I sprained my wrist playing tennis.
More examples
- He's chipped a bone in his wrist.
- She dug her fingernails into my wrist.
- Aikiko fell down some stairs and broke her wrist.
- He has a hairline fracture of the wrist.
- She dabbed perfume on the inside of her wrist.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The arm
- acromial
- acromioclavicular
- acromion
- alar
- anconeus
- appendage
- cubital
- elbow
- glenohumeral
- glenoid
- infraglenoid
- infraspinatous
- subscapularis
- supraclavicular
- supraglenoid
- suprascapular
- supraspinatous
- triceps
- ulna
- underarm
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