wrist
See also: Wrist
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Etymology
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist 'back of hand, instep, withers', Swedish vrist), from *wrīþaną 'to twist, turn'. More at writhe.
Noun
wrist (plural wrists)
Translations
wrist
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Verb
wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)
- (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wrist/, /wirst/
Noun
wrist (plural wrystes)
References
- “wrist (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wrist/
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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