Definition of ancle
1. ankle [ n ] a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
Used in print:(The Dallas Morning News,...)
End Gene_Raesz , who broke a hand in the Owl 's game with LSU , was back working_out with Rice_Monday , and John_Nichols , sophomore guard , moved_back into action after a week 's idleness with an ankle injury .
Halfback Bud_Priddy , slowed for almost a month by a slowly mending sprained ankle , joined TCU 's workout Monday .
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)
`` Bill_White ( sore ankles ) should be ready .
(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)
Adam watched his own hands make the caressing , anxious movement that , when rain falls and nobody comes , and ruin draws_close like a cat rubbing against the ankles , has been the ritual of stall vendors , forever .
(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)
Show her the new swimming_pool and she would say , slapping her ankle , `` I suppose this must be where you breed your gigantic mosquitoes '' .
Synonyms ankle articulatio_talocruralis mortise_joint ankle_joint Related Terms gliding_joint leg ankleboneSimilar Spelling
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