cankle

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cankle

  • /ˈkæŋkəl/

Rhymes with -æŋkəl

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Blend of calf + ankle.

noun cankles · kankle

  1. derogatory, usually An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation. Hey, all l’m saying is she’s got cankles, for God’s sake. What? Cankles! She’s got no ankles. It’s like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman.

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noun an obese or otherwise swollen ankle

Españoltobillo hinchado
中文胖腳踝 /胖脚踝 pàng jiǎohuái, 腳踝贅肉 /脚踝赘肉 jiǎohuái zhuì ròu
Portuguêstornozelo inchado
Françaischeville enflée
DeutschStamper, Stamperl (Austro-Bavarian), Krautstampfer, Wurstknöchel
Русскийраспу́хшая щи́колотка raspúxšaja ščíkolotka

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@misc{cankle_2026,
  title = {cankle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cankle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}