thigh
thigh (t̸hī)
noun
- that part of the leg in humans and other vertebrates between the knee and the hip; region of the thighbone, or femur
- the region of the tibia, as in poultry
Etymology: ME thih < OE theoh, akin to MHG diech < IE *teuk- < base *teu-, to swell > thumb, L tumor
Converse of object
- leave: Valance was hit again, in the left thigh by a bullet that broke his hip bone.
- have: Has thigh straps to keep you in touch with the board.
Adjective modifier
- skinless: Add 6 cubed skinless chicken thighs and brown all over.
- inner: People may feel the pain in their hips, or in their groin, inner thigh, buttocks, or knees.
- upper: She was hit in the upper thigh with an air pellet.
- muscular: The back legs should again be heavy in bone with muscular thighs.
- left: Find the barrier point in the front of your left thigh.
- outer: Spot Reduction I do lots of outer thigh ( tummy, buns, etc. ) work.
Modifies a noun
- slapping: Plenty of hand clapping, swaying, and thigh slapping involved!
- wader: At first I had some heavy rubber thigh waders which preferred clinging to the mud than to my thighs.
- muscle: I've now got muscles on my thigh muscles!
- bone: Bobby Collins broke his thigh bone in the opening match in Turin.
- strain: Team news: Nathan Blake is the only doubt with a thigh strain.
- boot: Which slang term derives from olden day smugglers who hit brandy in their thigh boots?
Noun used with modifier
- hood: And for extra leg protection, choose the hood thigh boot.
- chicken: The gentleman's stuffed chicken thigh was a work of art, which he devoured with his usual gusto.
- spur: I still have two spur thighs and at the moment I have a baby tortoise, which is the offspring of the original two.
- turkey: Remove any skin and sinews from the turkey thigh meat and cut into small pieces.
Possessives
- man: At Hemp Knoll, the bone belt ring was hidden beneath the dead man's right thigh.
Preposition: of
- brass: The head of gold had passed, and the breast of silver; now came the belly and thighs of brass.
There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring And such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered Sleep.
Her legs were such Diana shows, When tuckt up she a hunting goes; With buskins shortened to descry The happy dawning of her thigh.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,.
He smote them hip and thigh.
Browse dictionary entries near thigh
- thievish
- thievery
- thieve
- Thiers
- thief
- thickset
- ThickNet
- thickness
- thickheaded
- thickhead
- thighbone
- thigmotaxis
- thigmotropism
- thill
- thimble
- thimbleberry
- thimbleful
- thimblerig
- thimbleweed
- thimerosal
