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ankle
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[ noun ] (anatomy) a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)End Gene_Raesz , who broke a hand in the Owl 's game with LSU , was back working_out with Rice_Monday , and John_Nichols , sophomore guard , moved_back into action after a week 's idleness with an ankle injury . Halfback Bud_Priddy , slowed for almost a month by a slowly mending sprained ankle , joined TCU 's workout Monday . (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` Bill_White ( sore ankles ) should be ready . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Adam watched his own hands make the caressing , anxious movement that , when rain falls and nobody comes , and ruin draws_close like a cat rubbing against the ankles , has been the ritual of stall vendors , forever . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Show her the new swimming_pool and she would say , slapping her ankle , `` I suppose this must be where you breed your gigantic mosquitoes '' . Related terms |
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