Wrist

//ɹɪst// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

    "With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate."

  2. 2
    a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones wordnet
  3. 3
    A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Verb
  1. 1
    To hit a wrist shot.

Synonyms

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anklearmarticulatio radiocarpeaarticulationbicepsboundary

Antonyms

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ankle

Example

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"The man caught the girl by the wrist."

Etymology

From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.

Related phrases

bridle wristlimp of the wristlimp-wristlimp-wristedone off the wristslap on the wristslap someone's wristwrist bandwrist bangerwrist dropwrist padwrist pin

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