Synonyms for wrist
rɪstwrist

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1. wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpeanoun

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

   Synonyms:
   radiocarpal joint, carpus, wrist joint, articulatio radiocarpea

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1. • Gliding Joint

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1. wristnoun

   Synonyms:
   CARPUS

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1. wristnoun

   Synonyms:
   carpus

   Associated words:
   carpal, carpale

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1. List of paraphrases for "wrist":

   cuff, waist, fist, bracelet

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1. Scotlands Andy Quay:

   My friend had only just got the bike, and I was helping him put it in the back of the van when it went off and nearly broke my wrist.

2. Elizabeth Smith:

   He went in with eight gunshot wounds, a broken thumb/wrist, fractured jaw, split tongue, missing teeth, two collapsed lungs, and almost completely devoid of blood.

3. Rachel Zoe:

   I tend to really like dramatic jewelry like earrings that graze my shoulders and big cocktail rings, i typically have a stack of bracelets on each wrist that mean something special to me. I never take off my Cartier Juste Un Clou which is engraved with my son's initials and was a gift from my husband when Un Clou was born.

4. Robert Henoch:

   He was put through a four-year ordeal while U.S. nationals committing the object crime of tax evasion were allowed to escape with a fine, without even a slap on the wrist.

5. Bobby Tabron:

   He suffered from physical injuries, including a persistent tinnitus, as well as depression, the lawsuit said. The Metropolitan Police officers who brought the other suit -- Bobby Tabron and DeDivine K. Carter -- also say they suffer injuries from that day. Their lawsuit said that Tabron -- who broke Bobby Tabron wrist among other injuries -- suffers from insomnia, as well as slightly slurred speech and slower thinking from a concussion after rioters repeatedly hit Bobby Tabron head. Bobby Tabron was posted behind a set of bike racks near the Capitol, where Bobby Tabron was struck with flag poles and bats, according to the lawsuit. Bobby Tabron engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the rioters, who.