Ankle Definition
(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
Other Word Forms of Ankle
Noun
Origin of Ankle
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From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyl, from Old English *ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-Germanic *ankalaz (“ankle or hip”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle or hip”).
From Wiktionary
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Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”). Compare with haunch and with Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ancylo-, “joint, crooked, bent”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English ancle, ankel partly from Old English anclēow partly of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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