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Ankle vs Uncle - What's the difference?

ankle | uncle |

As nouns the difference between ankle and uncle

is that ankle is the skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint while uncle is a brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.

As a verb ankle

is (us|slang) to walk.

As an interjection uncle is

a cry used to indicate surrender.

ankle

English

Alternative forms

* ancle (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

    • Derived terms

    * ankle-biter * ankle slapper * ankle walker * cankle * show ankle

    Verb

    (ankl)
  • (US, slang) To walk.
  • * 2009 , Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice , Vintage 2010, p. 275:
    • After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet.
  • (cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

    • uncle

    English

    (wikipedia uncle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • :
  • *
  • *:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
  • (lb) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
  • (lb) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
  • A pawnbroker.
  • :(Thackeray)
  • A close male friend of the parents of a family.
  • an older male African-American person

    • Synonyms

    * (sense) (l), (l)

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) aunt * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew * (African-American) boy * (India) aunty

    Hyponyms

    * paternal uncle * maternal uncle * (uncle gained by marriage) uncle-in-law

    Derived terms

    * agony uncle * Bob's your uncle * cry uncle * Dutch uncle * grand-uncle * great-uncle, great uncle * holler uncle * I'll be a monkey's uncle * nuncle * say uncle * Uncle Sam * Uncle Scrooge * Uncle Tom

    Related terms

    * avuncular

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A cry used to indicate surrender.

    • References

    * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=uncle&searchmode=none] * " uncle" in Merriam-Webster 1000 English basic words ----