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What does wrist mean?

Definitions in simple English

wrist Noun

— Someone's wrist is a part of their body where the arm joins the hand. You can move your hand up and down while keeping your arm in one place by bending your wrist.

wrist

— noun a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones

Synonyms wrist synonyms

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wrist English » English

carpus forearm elbow arm wrist joint radiocarpal joint pulse knuckle joint fist articulatio radiocarpea wrists wristlet trunnion trickery toggle joint toggle tibia thumb tactful punch lug lower arm knot journal horn handle gudgeon gate hook forefinger fore-arm fingernail finger finesse fellow soldier elbow joint cuff bundle brachium ankle

Topics wrist topics

What do people use wrist to talk about?

Person Body Limb

Arm

What are the parts of the arm?

shoulder armpit upper arm elbow funny bone (nerve in elbow) forearm lower arm wrist

Examples wrist examples

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Simple sentences

I fell down and hurt my wrist.

Tom fell on his hands and injured his wrist.

The policeman caught me by the wrist.

I took him by the wrist.

I got her a wrist watch.

The forearm and the hand are linked by a joint called the wrist.

She got away with a slap on the wrist.

My wrist hurts.

Tom tied the balloon to Mary's wrist.

Tom unstrapped the watch from his wrist.

The man caught the girl by the wrist.

They were able to identify him by his wrist watch.

I have a broken wrist.

Put this bracelet on your wrist.

Mary took the bracelet off her wrist.

My boyfriend wears a wrist band.

Tom broke his left wrist.

Tom grabbed Mary's wrist.

Tom has a tattoo on his wrist.

Mary broke her left wrist.

Movie subtitles

One on the wrist.

This handcuff is pinching my wrist.

Let go my wrist, you're hurting it.

The salesman showed her the bracelet urged her to clasp it on her wrist begged her to examine it under a more powerful light and then he excused himself.

With a thrill of heart, she feels at her wrist, not daring to look.

The bloody rag I had wrapped around my wrist hadn't caught his attention he'd have seen the bundle for sure.

The scratches on his wrist.

See, it's all in the wrist.

He took me by the wrist and held me hard.

Show me your wrist.

What a nice wrist, still childlike and frail.

Give it to me or I'll break your wrist.

Bind her wrist.

Not when you cut my wrist, only when you cut your own.

It's your wrist, sir.

Don't forget the wrist.

Where did you get that mark on your wrist?

Has she got rawhide marks on her wrist too?

Right wrist broken.

His broken wrist, the shot he fired.

Well, that broken wrist sort of eliminates a woman, doesn't it?

It's easy to break a dead man's wrist. Even a woman could do that.

You are breaking my wrist.

He said he'd like to do her nails right down to the wrist with a buzz saw.

To think that the boy that I helped to raise, the boy that I taught to hold a firm wrist behind a true point, has turned into a puppy!

I don't propose to have my wrist seized.

Your handcuffs, one on the wrist, one on the banister.

If you don't believe me, look at the tatoo in his wrist.

Well, let's have a look at the wrist.

And you'd better drop back tomorrow and let me have a look at that wrist.

Scrub up around my wrist.

You always have it here, with the grip between the elbow and the wrist.

Kindly watch the wrist.

It is all in the wrist.

The wrist, huh? Like a whip.

New egg. It's all in the wrist.

News and current affairs

The few that are noticed typically end with a slap on the wrist, with the company - meaning its shareholders - picking up a modest fine.

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