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Definition ankle

Etymology

From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English *ancol (compare ancl?ow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle, hip”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh”, “shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankij? (“ankle”, “hip”).

Compare with Sanskrit ???? (a?ga, “limb”), ??????? (a?guri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ??????- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”).

Noun

ankle (plural ankles)

  1. The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

Verb

ankle (third-person singular simple present ankles, present participle ankling, simple past and past participle ankled)

  1. (US, slang) To walk.
  2. (cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

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ALKANE 12
ALKENE 12
ALKINE 12
ALKYNE 14
ANKLED 13
ANKLES 12
ANKLET 12
KNAWEL 15
LANKER 12
RANKLE 12
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ELAN 6
KALE 9
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LEAK 9
LEAN 6
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ANE 4
ELK 8
KAE 7
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KEN 8
LEA 4
LEK 8
NAE 4
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KA 6
LA 3
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