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Word entry · 5 letters

thigh

Best crossword clue

"Upper leg"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /θaɪ/Part of speech nounSorted ghhitStarts with TEnds with H1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Upper part of the leg between hip and knee.

Word origin

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

Used in a sentence

  • About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh.
  • ‘Why not pay up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh.
  • The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh.

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