Ankle

Noun

 * 1) The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.

Verb

 * 1)  To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 To walk.

Adjective for Ankle
delicate; generous;  fragile;  beefy;  bony; wrenched; swollen; immaculate;  slender; aristocratic; well-turned.

Thesaurus
articulation; bayonet legs; boundary; bowlegs; butt; calf; cervix; clinch; closure; cnemis; connecting link; connecting rod; connection; coupling; dovetail; drumstick; elbow; embrace; foreleg; gamb; gambrel; gigot; gliding joint; ham; hind leg; hinge; hinged joint; hip; hock; interface; jamb; join; joining; joint; juncture; knee; knuckle; leg; limb; link; miter; mortise; neck; pivot; pivot joint; podite; popliteal space; rabbet; scarf; scissor-legs; seam; shank; shin; shoulder; stems; stitch; stumps; suture; symphysis; tarsus; tie rod; toggle; toggle joint; trotters; union; weld; wrist

Alternative forms

 * ancle

Etymology
ancle:, anclow:, ancleow:; akin to Icelandic ökkla:, ökli:, Danish and Swedish ankel:, Dutch enklaauw:, enkel:, German enkel:, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha:, ancha:, from the.

Compare with Sanskrit anga:, anguri: finger. Compare with haunch:.

Derived terms

 * ankle slapper

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: كاحل
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: todiellu
 * Bulgarian: глезен
 * Catalan: turmell
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 脚腕子, 腿腕子, , 腳腕子, 腳踝, 脚踝
 * Min Nan:
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 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
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 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: stifto
 * Irish:, , ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 발목 (balmog, -mok)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: gozek
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: глужд
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ancle, anclow
 * Persian: قوزک پا,
 * Polish:
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 * Scottish Gaelic:
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 * Taos: c’òwowo’óna
 * Vietnamese: mắt cá chân
 * Volapük: futayoin
 * Warlpiri: tari
 * Welsh: