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wrist
[ rist ]
noun
- the carpus or lower part of the forearm where it joins the hand.
- the joint or articulation between the forearm and the hand.
- the part of an article of clothing that fits around the wrist.
- Machinery. wrist pin.
wrist
/ ɪ /
noun
- anatomy the joint between the forearm and the hand Technical namecarpus
- the part of a sleeve or glove that covers the wrist
- machinery
- See wrist pin
- a joint in which a wrist pin forms the pivot
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wrist1
Idioms and Phrases
see slap on the wrist .Example Sentences
However the lead lasted less than three minutes before Kane tied it on a wrist shot from the high slot.
“We are tired of abusers getting slapped on the wrist. Animal cruelty needs to be taken more seriously, with harsher penalties.”
Mr Edwards said when two officers had been about to handcuff Mr Clark, he'd been trying to explain to them that he had a bad wrist due to an accident.
As Tommy’s eyes well up and he runs a wet cloth against Joel’s skin, we get a close-up of Joel’s arm and the old, broken military watch on his wrist.
“And on my right wrist, I write, ‘Still alive’ because I’m still here and I’m still fighting.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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