ankle

Definition von ankle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus; To walk
After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet.; Anatomical area: region between foot and lower calf: made up of a complex array of bones, tendons, joints, muscles, soft tissues, ligaments, nerves, blood and lymph vessels, and skin; Quanish; Dutch word for single Also: vital part of the lower leg that can start to hurt like hell at any given moment (when you 'sprain' it), so that you have to keep your leg up into the air for weeks and have yourself regularly palpated by some creep of a physiotherapist; a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus; 1 A joint above the foot Intended to go back and forth, but can be made (painfully) to go from side to side Excess side-to-side motion results in a condition known as a "sprain " Unpleasant but useful; keeps one out of gym class for several days; {f} leave a job, quit one's job (Slang); {i} area and joint at the bottom of the leg where the foot begins (Anatomy); Your ankle is the joint where your foot joins your leg. John twisted his ankle badly; To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution; {n} the joint between the foot and the leg
ankle lock: A police, military, wrestling, general fighting and martial arts technique of twisting the ankle of someone already down, in order to keep them down, under the painful threat of an injury to their ankle that will mar them for life
ankle slapper: A very small wave
flatter'n a shaved billiard table at the moment -- not even a little ankle slapper — Rob at DY, realsurf.com, 8 August 2003.
ankle slappers: plural form of ankle slapper
ankle-biter: A small child
ankle-biter: (deyim) A small child; a small dog
Ankle-biter: {i} small child
ankle brace: a brace worn to strengthen the ankle
ankle deep: reaching the ankles; coming up to the ankles (or knees)
ankle-deep: coming only to the ankle or knee
ankle-deep water: shallow water, water which is only deep enough to cover the feet
ankle-high shoes: shoes which cover the ankles, high-top shoes
sprain one's ankle: To be pregnant
The ankle: tarsus
ankles: plural of ankle
sprained ankle: break in the ankle, twist of one's ankle
sprained his ankle: injured his ankle, strained his foot

ankle

Silbentrennung

an·kle

Türkische aussprache

ängkıl

Synonyme

anklebone, astragalus, bone, talus, tarsus

Aussprache

/ˈaɴɢkəl/ /ˈæŋkəl/

Etymologie

[ a[ng]-k&l ] (noun.) before 12th century. 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.