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Webster 1913 Edition


Ankle

An′kle

(ăṉ′k’l)
,
Noun.
[OE.
ancle
,
anclow
, AS.
ancleow
; akin to Icel.
ökkla
,
ökli
, Dan. and Sw.
ankel
, D.
enklaauw
,
enkel
, G.
enkel
, and perh. OHG.
encha
,
ancha
thigh, shin: cf. Skr.
anga
limb,
anguri
finger. Cf.
Haunch
.]
The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
Ankle bone
,
the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ankle

ANK'LE

,
Noun.
ank'l. The joint which connects the foot with the leg.

Definition 2024


ankle

ankle

English

Alternative forms

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.

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Verb

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

  1. (US, slang) To walk.
    • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 275:
      After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet.
  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.