wrist
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
Example
“With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.”
Other meanings
A stud or pin which forms a journal.
A kind of
- gliding joint
Related words
- wrist-top
- wristwatch
- wrist watch
- limp-wristed
- bridle wrist
- limp-wrist
- one off the wrist
- slap on the wrist
- wristband
- wrist band
- wrist drop
- wristguard
Word history
From Old English "wrist".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “wrist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.