ankle
To walkTo walk.
» He sprained his ankle.
Er hat sich den Knöchel verstaucht.
Er hat sich den Fuß verstaucht.
Er verstauchte sich den Fuß.
Он вывихнул лодыжку.
Він вивихнув щиколотку.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive, slang)To walk.
1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178, Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]
1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158, He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]
To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
Examples
251 sentencesHe sprained his ankle.
Він вивихнув щиколотку.
ruОн вывихнул лодыжку.
deEr hat sich den Knöchel verstaucht.
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
ruЯ подскользнулась и вывихнула лодыжку.
deIch bin ausgerutscht und habe mir den Knöchel verdreht.
Mary is wearing an ankle bracelet.
Tom tripped and sprained his ankle.
That's when I injured my ankle.
ruВот тогда я и повредил свой голеностоп.
Origin
From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enkel, enklaauw, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).
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Forms
ankles, ankling, ankled, ankledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- sprained his ankle
- sprained my ankle
- hurt his ankle
- an an ankle