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ankle
noun
the
joint
where
your
foot
meets
your
leg
•
Lena
twisted
her
ankle
while
playing
soccer
.
Lena
twisted
her
ankle
while
playing
soccer
.
•
The
doctor
told
me
to
keep
my
ankle
raised
to
reduce
swelling
.
The
doctor
told
me
to
keep
my
ankle
raised
to
reduce
swelling
.
Old
English
ancleow
,
related
to
Dutch
enkel
and
German
Knöchel
,
ultimately
of
Proto-Germanic
origin
.
verb
-
ankle
,
ankling
,
ankles
,
ankled
(
slang
)
to
walk
somewhere
,
especially
to
leave
a
place
,
often
casually
or
quickly
•
After
the
movie
ended
,
we
ankled
down
the
street
to
get
ice
cream
.
After
the
movie
ended
,
we
ankled
down
the
street
to
get
ice
cream
.
•
The
suspect
ankled
out
of
the
bar
before
the
police
arrived
.
The
suspect
ankled
out
of
the
bar
before
the
police
arrived
.
Early
20th-century
American
English
,
perhaps
from
the
image
of
moving
on
one
’
s
ankles
.
