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- One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath
- A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest
- evidence, the ability of a thing or idea to stick around or persist
- One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race
- The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle
- The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle
Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
- A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other
- To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market
- A stage of a journey
After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.
- To remove the legs from an animal carcass
- To build legs onto a platform or stage for support
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg
The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
- {n} the limb between the knee and foot
- The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets
- a section of a course between two control points
- One side of a spread position
- The limb of a human or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle
- A leg of lamb, pork, chicken, or other meat is a piece of meat that consists of the animal's or bird's leg, especially the thigh. a chicken leg. a leg of mutton
- a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
- That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line
- A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg
- To use as a leg, with it as object To bow
- A column of type A two-column headline will likely have two legs of type under it
- The part of your organization consisting of a Distributor personally sponsored by you and his or her Downline organization Each Distributor that you personally sponsor begins a new Leg
- in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing
- A part of ones total distribution organization For example, in a binary compensation plan, there are two separate legs or sales organizations: a first, or left, leg and second, or right, leg
- A leg of a sports competition is one of a series of games that are played to find an overall winner. They will televise both legs of Leeds' European Cup clash with Rangers
- A bow, esp
- An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg
- To run
- The part of a relay event swum by a single member of a relay team Also, a single stroke of an individual medley
- The name of the person who collected the specimen and the number the collector assigned to it if this differs from the AAS specimen number
- a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- The endpoint of an internal connection A cross-connect connects two legs together For SVCs and soft PVCs, a leg can be a source leg or a destination leg Also referred to as a "connection leg" or "half-leg "
- A leg has an origin, destination, and carrier and is composed of all consecutive segments of a route booked through the same carrier Also called Bookable Leg
- A term describing one side of a position with two or more sides When a trader legs into a spread, he/she establishes one side first, hoping for a favorable price movement so the other side can be executed at a better price This is, of course, a higher-risk method of establishing a spread position
- Each 1st level Distributor of an organization is the start of a new leg
- the part of the relay event that is swum by a single team member Local Swimming Commitees (LSC) - administrative arms of USS which supervise competitive swimming within established geographic boundaries UMLY is in the Middle Atlantic LSC The Middle Atlantic LSC includes New Jersey, south of Mercer and Monmouth Counties; Delaware; and Pennsylvania east of and including Potter, Clinton, Centre, Huntingdon, and Bedford Counties
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- A single segment of an itinerary
- If you say that someone does not have a leg to stand on, or hasn't got a leg to stand on, you mean that a statement or claim they have made cannot be justified or proved. It's only my word against his, I know. So I don't have a leg to stand on
- the limb of an animal used for food
- One section of a voyage
- A person or animal's legs are the long parts of their body that they use to stand on. He was tapping his walking stick against his leg. + -legged -legged Her name was Sheila, a long-legged blonde. a large four-legged animal
- {i} one of the two or four limbs that support and move an animal or human; part of the lower limb of a human from the knee to the ankle; something which resembles a leg; section of a garment which covers the leg; section of a course or journey
- A risk-oriented method of establishing a two-sided position Rather than entering into a simultaneous transaction to establish the position (a spread, for example), the trader first executes one side of the position, hoping to execute the other side at a later time and a better price The risk materializes from the fact that a better price may never be available, and a worse price must eventually be accepted
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- Limb used for supporting the bird
- The legs of a table, chair, or other piece of furniture are the parts that rest on the floor and support the furniture's weight. His ankles were tied to the legs of the chair + -legged -legged a three-legged stool
- A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp
- A leg of a long journey is one part of it, usually between two points where you stop. The first leg of the journey was by boat to Lake Naivasha in Kenya
- The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks
- The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers
- A survey leg, the measurement between 2 adjacent survey stations in a cave survey Survey & Mapping term Ref JJ
- Part of side wall that anchors to the ground and that bow slides into Example
- A portion of a route consisting of a starting (from) waypoint and a destination (to) waypoint A route that is comprised of waypoints A, B, C, and D would contain three legs The route legs would be from A to B, from B to C, and from C to D
- A line connecting two waypoints Provides a visual presentation of the course line between the two waypoints
- a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle
- One side of a multiple-sided (often a triangle) course in a sailing race
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that covers the leg one of the supports for a piece of furniture a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion the limb of an animal used for food
- {f} move quickly, run (Slang); go by foot
- A prolonged trend in stock market prices, such as a multiple-period bull market or, an option that is one side of a spread transaction See: lifting a leg
- an arm and a leg: see arm with your tail between your legs: see tail. legged legging leg it to run in order to escape from someone or something. In a biped, the lower limb, jointed at the knee, supporting the body and used for walking and running. Its bones are the femur (thighbone), the longest bone in the human body; patella (kneecap); tibia (shin); and fibula. The biceps muscle of the thigh bends the leg; the quadriceps straightens it
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- that part of the limb between the knee and foot
- If you are pulling someone's leg, you are teasing them by telling them something shocking or worrying as a joke. Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg
- A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system
- leg before wicket
- A wicket that fell due to LBW
- leg before wicket
- Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's pads instead (without first hitting the bat); abbreviated as LBW
- leg before wickets
- plural form of leg before wicket
- leg break
- a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
- leg bye
- run scored by a batting side arising from the ball striking any part of the batsman's body without touching the bat. Leg byes are recorded as extras and do not affect the batsman's individual score. A leg bye can only be scored if the batsman was genuinely attempting to play a shot
- leg byes
- plural form of leg bye
- leg curl
- An exercise performed on a machine in which the hamstring muscles are exerted to bend the knee while acting against resistance applied to the lower calf. The exercise may be performed while prone or standing, depending on the design of the machine
You'd never dream of doing just bench presses to build a massive chest, or only lateral raises to build up your shoulders, so you'll surely limit your overall leg development if you restrict your hamstring training to leg curls.
- leg curls
- plural form of leg curl
- leg cutter
- a ball bowled by a fast bowler who uses finger spin to move the ball from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
- leg cutters
- plural form of leg cutter
- leg extension
- An exercise performed on a machine while seated. The quadriceps (thigh muscles) are exerted to straighten the knee while acting against resistance applied to the lower shin
- leg extensions
- plural form of leg extension
- leg glance
- a type of batsman's shot played with a vertical bat, deflecting the ball behind square leg
- leg glance
- to play, or hit the ball with, a leg glance
- leg irons
- A fetter or shackle attached at the ankle
- leg it
- To run away, to flee
After stealing my handbag he just legged it.
- leg it
- To hurry
As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could.
- leg men
- plural form of leg man (alternative spelling of legmen)
- leg press
- An exercise performed by using the legs to press weight away from one's body, while the body remains stationary
The same logic applies to leg presses; the more you lower the sled, the harder your hams have to work, as long as you're controlling the weight.
- leg presses
- plural form of leg press
- leg rope
- A cord tied to the surfboard (usually near the tail) and attached to the surfer's leg
2006: The universal adoption of the leg rope has had a significant impact on surfboard construction and design, surfing performance and crowds. — surfresearch.com.au glossary.
- leg side
- the side of the pitch on the same side as the batsman's legs as he takes his stance at the wicket; the left side for a right-handed batsman
- leg slip
- a fielding position on the leg side of the wicket-keeper, designed to catch a ball after it hits the bat and deflects by a small amount
- leg slips
- plural form of leg slip
- leg spin
- a style of bowling in which a (right-handed) bowler spins the ball such that, after bouncing, it moves from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
- leg spinner
- a bowler who bowls leg spin
- leg stump
- the stump on the leg side of the batsman's wicket
- leg up
- the act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands
- leg up
- assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle
- leg up
- A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage
- leg warmer
- A type of garment similar to a footless sock, which usually extends from below the knee to above the ankle
- leg warmers
- plural form of leg warmer
- leg-breaker
- A leg break ball
Noble joined Wood, and the pair changed the aspect of affairs, 45 being up before a leg breaker from McGiverin proved too good for Noble's defense.
- leg-breaker
- A violent thug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization
The thug was an acknowledged leg breaker, a shakedown artist, a peddler of violence.
- leg-breaker
- A cricketer who bowls leg breaks
Armstrong is a leg-breaker, with eight fielders on the on-side. Probably he would do better if he bowled more at the wicket.
- leg-breaker
- A person whose job is to break the legs of poultry in a food processing facility
For example, jobs described as meat wrapper or leg breaker would both be coded butcher meat cutter..
- leg-breaker
- A demanding bicycling competition or the course on which such a competition is held
Zoncolan is a fabled leg breaker of a 13.3km climb that is one of the toughest ascents ever included in a major stage race.
- leg-breaker
- A tackle or other on-field maneuver capable of breaking a player's leg
Arca performed a similar stunt with a high over-the-top-of-the-ball tackle on Andy Johnson, except he connected. It is what is called a leg-breaker.
- leg-spinner
- Alternative spelling of leg spinner
- leg-warmer
- Alternative spelling of leg warmer
- leg up
- an act of helping someone to mount a horse or high object
- leg up
- a boost to improve one's position
- leg warmers
- (plural noun) a pair of tubular knitted garments covering the legs from ankle to knee or thigh
- leg amputation
- surgical removal of a leg or part of a leg
- leg bone
- a bone of the leg
- leg bridge
- A type of bridge for small spans in which the floor girders are rigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driven into the round as piling, or resting on mudsills
- leg curl
- an exercise designed to strength the flexor muscles of the leg
- leg curl
- An exercise, usually performed lying on the stomach with weights, in which one lifts one or both heels towards the buttocks and then returns to the starting position, while the rest of the body is kept immobile
- leg exercise
- exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
- leg extensor
- an exercise designed to strengthen the extensor muscles of the leg
- leg irons
- metal chains that are put around a prisoner's legs
- leg of lamb
- lamb leg suitable for roasting
- leg room
- Leg room is the amount of space, especially in a car or other vehicle, that is available in front of your legs. Tall drivers won't have enough leg room. space for your legs in front of the seats in a car, theatre etc
- leg up
- Method of mounting in which an assistant stands behind the rider and supports the lower part of his left leg and giving a boost as necessary as the rider springs up off the ground
- leg up
- help (someone) mount a horse
- leg up
- Used in the context of general equities (1)Having a portion of the offsetting side of a trade in your pocket (spoken for) so your capital risk in the transaction is reduced (having purchased 10,000 of a 50,000 buy order leaves the trader a "leg up" on 10M shares ); (2) having completed one side of a two-sided transaction, as in a swap or contingency order
- leg up
- Descriptive of an offense in which the hooker puts his foot into the tunnel of a scrum before the scrumhalf feeds the ball
- leg warmers
- leggings, thick footless knit stockings worn over the lower legs (originally intended for warmth while dancing)
- leg wound
- injury on the leg
- leg-pull
- a joke in which you make someone believe something that is not true
- leg-pull
- as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
- leg-up
- a) to help someone to get up to a high place by joining your hands together so they can use them as a step b) to help someone succeed in their job
- Cabriole leg
- In furniture design, a curved leg with outcurved knee and incurved ankle. A signature design element of the Queen Anne style of furniture, the cabriole predates both 18th century England and Italy. The style originated in Italy and is a conventionalized representation of the rear leg of a leaping goat
- arm and a leg
- A very high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price; usually used after the verb cost
- break a leg
- A wish for a successful performance; primarily a valediction to an actor wishing him or her a successful theatrical stage performance
- break a leg
- To perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor
Go out there and break a leg tonight. Put on a great show!.
- chicken leg
- A cooked leg of a chicken
- dead leg
- an injury caused when a player receives a hard knock on the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone
- deep square leg
- A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket; a fielder in that position
- fine leg
- A fielding position on the leg side, behind square and near the boundary; the fielder in that position
- get a leg up
- To gain some advantage; to get a head start
He hopes that all the extra advertising will give him a leg up on the competition.
- get a leg up
- To get a boost or a lift
I can climb over the fence if I get a leg up from you.
- get one's leg over
- To have sex
It's all well and good being kind to girls and respecting them, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over.
- get one's leg over
- Literally: for a person to lift his or her leg over something
1991: He just didn't quite get his leg over. — Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special, describing Ian Botham treading on his stumps. Co-commentator Brian Johnston was reduced to a fit of on-air giggles at the (presumably unintentional) double-entendre with the slang sense above. Quoted in The Guinness Book of Cricket Blunders, Cris Freddi, Guinness Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-85112-624-3, page 138.
- hang a leg
- Hesitate; hang back
- have a bone in one's leg
- Used as a fatuous excuse to avoid doing something
No, I can't. I've got a bone in my leg..
- hind leg
- Either of the two legs towards the rear of a four-legged animal
That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen Rabbit had no hind legs at all! The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn't notice.
- hollow leg
- Ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol
Where was Uncle? Gone for a stiff one? Again? His hollow leg, you know. Ducking in the john to throw up on his loafers? Probably that. What did he have tonight? Anything good?.
- hollow leg
- Capacity to eat large quantities
My brother, who had recently overtaken me in height and then racked up another six inches, ate to fill his hollow leg. My father did better than expected, too, eating two pieces of pie with our amaretto-flavored whipped cream.
- legged
- having a certain type or number of legs
Many of the big African spiders are hairy-legged.
- legged
- Simple past tense and past participle of leg
- legger
- A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic
- legging
- One of the legs of a pair of trousers
Take the legging and turn up the cuff.
- legging
- The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market
“As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.” — Michael Williams & Amy Hoffman: Fundamentals of Options Market, McGraw Hill Professional, 2000, p.128.
- legging
- Present participle of leg
- legging
- Tight fitting leg coverings worn, for example, to gym
- legs
- eleven
- legs
- plural form of leg
- legs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leg
- make a leg
- to make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back
- not have a leg to stand on
- To lack support, as in an argument, debate, or negotiation
There are still those who argue that the Earth is flat, but with modern technology and satellite photos they really do not have a leg to stand on.
- pant leg
- One leg of a pair of pants
- peg leg
- Alternative spelling of peg-leg. To limp or hobble (as if one had a wooden leg)
- peg leg
- Alternative spelling of peg-leg. Someone who has an artificial leg
- peg leg
- Alternative spelling of peg-leg. A wooden leg or artificial leg
- peg-leg
- To limp or hobble (as if having a wooden leg)
- peg-leg
- Descriptive of one with such a leg. E.g. "Peg-leg Pete"
- peg-leg
- A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg
- pull somebody's leg
- To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying
I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.
- pull the other leg
- In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said
- put one's pants on one leg at a time
- To be a normal person
Remember, he puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like you.
- put one's trousers on one leg at a time
- To be a normal person
Remember, he puts his trousers on one leg at a time, just like you.
- red-leg
- the red-legged partridge
- shake a leg
- To get busy; to get going; to be productive
Shake a leg! We haven't got all day.
- short leg
- a fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman; a fielder in the position
- show a leg
- To wake up and get out of bed. (Used mostly in the imperative)
Show a leg or you're going to be late.
- square leg
- A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket, between leg gully and midwicket; a fielder in that position
- square leg umpire
- The umpire who stands at or near square leg to rule on decisions at the batsman's end of the wicket. In some circumstances, the umpire may stand at the equivalent position on the opposite side of the batsman (between gully and point), but is still referred to as the square leg umpire in these circumstances
- third leg
- penis (specifically a long one)
- legging
- a covering for the leg
- break a leg!
- good luck! (often said to actors before a performance)
- legged
- {a} having legs, put on legs, prepared
- carrot leg pants
- (Giyim) Slim-fit pants have a snug fit through the legs and end in a small leg opening. Jeans may be cut in this style, and then are often called skinny jeans. Other names for this style include carrot leg pants, cigarette pants, drainpipes, peg leg pants, pencil pants, skinny pants, slimjims, tapered pants, old-school hood jeans or ice-cream cone pants. In some styles, zippers are needed at the bottom of the leg to facilitate pulling them over the feet. Stretch denim, with anywhere from 2% to 4% spandex, may be used to allow jeans to have a super-slim fit
- leggings
- a pair of trousers that you wear over other clothes to protect your legs
- leggings
- tight trousers for women, which stretch to fit the shape of your body
- long leg
- (Finance) The part of an option spread in which an agreement to buy the underlying security is made
- long leg
- (Cricket) A fielding position far behind the batsman on the leg side
- pull someone's leg
- (deyim) to make someone believe something that isn't true. -Have I really pass the exam? Or are you pulling my leg?
- pull someone's leg
- Subject to a playful hoax or joke(synonym) hoax, play a joke on
- A leg
- pin
- Leggings
- chivarros
- Leggings
- chivarras
- legged
- past of leg
- legged
- having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged animals"; "a peg-legged man
- legged
- {s} having legs, having legs of a certain kind or type
- legged
- Having (such or so many) legs; used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two- legged animal
- legged
- having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged animals"; "a peg-legged man"
- legger
- short for a bootlegger
- legger
- A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on the boat with his legs reaching the tunnel wall, and push it along. This could be done by the boats crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic. Category: Occupations
- legging
- legging it: (Slang): Running
- legging
- from Leg, v
- legging
- A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle
- legging
- {i} protective leg covering which extends from the ankle to the knee
- legging
- a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle)
- legging
- A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter
- legging
- & vb
- legging
- puttee
- leggings
- plural of legging
- leggings
- Leggings are close-fitting trousers, usually made out of a stretchy fabric, that are worn by women and girls
- leggings
- {i} close-fitting trousers
- leggings
- Leggings are an outer covering of leather or other strong material, often in the form of trousers, that you wear over your normal trousers in order to protect them. a pair of leggings to slip on over your other clothes
- legless
- not having legs; "a legless man in a wheelchair"
- legless
- If you say that someone is legless, you mean that they are extremely drunk. They found the locals getting legless on tequila
- legless
- without legs
- legless
- A legless person or animal has no legs
- legless
- drunk
- legless
- not having legs; "a legless man in a wheelchair
- legless
- {s} without a leg or legs; (Slang) very drunk
- legless
- Not having a leg
- legs
- The drops that inch up the inside surface of a glass above the wine and slowly run back down Also known as "tears" (Image availabe)