ankle

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

• 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