Ankle

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: an=kle

CIDE DICTIONARY

Ankle, n. [OE. ancle, anclow, AS. ancleow; akin to Icel. ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb, anguri finger. Cf. Haunch.].

 The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.  [1913 Webster]

Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Ankle, n. & v.
--n.
1 the joint connecting the foot with the leg.
2 the part of the leg between this and the calf.
--v.intr. sl. walk.

Idiom

ankle-bone a bone forming the ankle. ankle sock a short sock just covering the ankle.

Etymology

ME f. ON ankul- (unrecorded) f. Gmc: rel. to ANGLE(1)

THESAURUS

Ankle

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Ankle

Angularity

N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.