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an·kle
I. \ˈaŋkəl, ˈai-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English ankel, anclowe, from Old English anclēow; akin to Old High German anchlāo, anchal, enchil ankle, Old Norse ökkla, Latin angulus angle, Greek angos pail, Sanskrit aṅga limb — more at angle
1.
a. : the joint between the foot and the leg corresponding to the wrist in the arm, the hock of a horse, and what is often called the knee of a bird and constituting in man a ginglymus joint between the tibia and fibula above and the talus below
b. : the joint between the cannon bone and pastern in certain hoofed quadrupeds (as horses) : fetlock joint
2. : the region of this joint : tarsus; broadly : this region together with the lower part of the leg below the calf
II. intransitive verb
(ankled ; ankled ; ankling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; ankles)
slang : to move especially by walking
< ankling down the street > |