Shin vs. Ankle

Shinnoun

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.

Shinnoun

A fishplate for a railway.

Shinnoun

The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Shinverb

To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.

Shinverb

To strike with the shin.

Shinverb

To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Shinnoun

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

Shinnoun

A fish plate for rails.

Shinverb

To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; - used with up; as, to shin up a mast.

Shinverb

To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.

Shinverb

To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

Shinnoun

the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

Shinnoun

a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

Shinnoun

the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Shinnoun

the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Shinverb

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Anklenoun

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.

Ankleverb

To walk.

Ankleverb

(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

Anklenoun

The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus.

Anklenoun

a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus

Anklenoun

the joint connecting the foot with the leg

Anklenoun

the narrow part of the leg between the ankle joint and the calf

Ankleverb

walk

Ankleverb

leave

Ankleverb

flex the ankles while cycling in order to increase pedalling efficiency

Ankle

The ankle, or the talocrural region, is the region where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle includes three joints: the ankle joint proper or talocrural joint, the subtalar joint, and the inferior tibiofibular joint.