Wrist

Noun

 * 1)  The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in narrow sense.

Derived terms

 * wristwatch, wrist watch
 * limp-wristed
 * wrist-action

Thesaurus
ankle, arm, articulation, biceps, boundary, butt, cervix, clinch, closure, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, dovetail, elbow, embrace, forearm, gliding joint, hinge, hinged joint, hip, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, link, miter, mortise, neck, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, scarf, seam, shoulder, stitch, suture, symphysis, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, upper arm, weld

Etymology
Old English wrist:, from (compare Low German Wrist:, German Rist: 'back of hand, instep, withers', Swedish vrist:), from *wrīþanan 'to twist, turn'. More at writhe.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: puls
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: معصم, رسغ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: canell
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: zglavak, bilo
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pojno
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: მაჯა (madža)
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 손목 (sonmok), 팔목 (palmok)


 * Kurdish: zend, meçek , bask
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: rokas
 * Lithuanian: riešas
 * Norwegian: håndledd
 * Old English: wríst
 * Persian: مچ دست
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: încheetura mânecii
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: caol-dùirn
 * Serbian: zapestje, doručje , zapešćaj , zapešće
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: zápestie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: galanggalangan
 * Telugu: మణికట్టు (maNikaTTu)
 * Thai: (kôr meu)
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: goşar, bilek
 * Urdu: کلایٔ
 * Vietnamese: cổ tay
 * Volapük: riet

Anagrams

 * writs

Noun

 * 1) wrist

Etymology
, whence also Old High German *undefined:, Old Norse rist