ankle

 
Pronunciation: /ˈaŋk(ə)l/

noun

  • the joint connecting the foot with the leg: Jennie fell downstairs, breaking her ankle [as modifier]: an ankle injury
  • the narrow part of the leg between the ankle joint and the calf: her slim ankles the men are ankle-deep in mud

verb

[no object]
  • 1 [with adverbial of direction] US informal walk: we can ankle off to a new locale
  • [with object] leave: he ankled the series to do a movie
  • 2 (usually as noun ankling) flex the ankles while cycling in order to increase pedalling efficiency: changing my pedalling style from toeing to ankling

Derivatives

ankled

adjective

Origin:

Old English ancleow, of Germanic origin; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse; related to Dutch enkel and German Enkel, from an Indo-European root shared by angle1