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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wrist (plural wrists)
- (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
- With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
- (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.
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Translations[edit]
wrist
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Verb[edit]
wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)
- (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot
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Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wrist (plural wrystes)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.
Old English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
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Noun[edit]
wrist f
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