wrist

Meaning

Noun

1. The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
2. A stud or pin which forms a journal.

Verb

To hit a wrist shot.

Synonyms

carpus

arm

forearm

elbow

wrist joint

articulatio radiocarpea

radiocarpal joint

joint

pulse

fist

✊

knuckle

handle

horn

journal

knot

🪢

lower arm

lug

punch

👊

tactful

thumb

tibia

toggle

trickery

trunnion

wristlet

wrists

fore-arm

toggle joint

ankle

gate hook

brachium

bundle

cuff

elbow joint

fellow soldier

finesse

finger

fingernail

💅

forefinger

gudgeon

Translations

poignet

Handgelenk

muñeca

polso

pols

pulso

καρπός

bilek

handwortel

zend

bask

🪽

meçek

canell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wrist

Inherited from Old English: wrist

Cognate with Old Frisian: wrist

Cognate with Low German: Wrist

Cognate with German: Rist

Cognate with Swedish: vrist

In summary

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.