wrist
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
Noun 2 meanings
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
“With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.”
A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Verb 1 meaning
To hit a wrist shot.
Etymology
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
WRIST at a glance
WRIST has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (W 4 + R 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,978 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with wrist
All rhymesOne letter away
- WAIST8
- GRIST6
- WREST8
- WHIST11
- FRIST8
- TRIST5
- WRAST8
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