/ɹɪst/
OriginFrom 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.
- 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.
Formswrists(plural) · wrists(present, singular, third-person) · wristing(participle, present) · wristed(participle, past) · wristed(past)