ankle
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Old English ancle, anclow, ancleow; akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: compare with Skr. anga limb, anguri finger. Compare with Haunch.
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ankle (plural ankles)
- The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.
- (slang) Woman
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joint between foot and leg
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to ankle (third-person singular simple present ankles, present participle ankling, simple past and past participle ankled)
- (US) (slang) To walk.
- (bicycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.