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ankle
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
.
