thigh
Plural: thighs
Noun
- The part of the human leg between the hip and the knee.
- the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
- the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
- The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
- That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.
Examples
- He crossed his THIGH in concentration, plotting his next move on the Scrabble board.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
second joint
Scrabble Score: 12
thigh: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordthigh: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thigh: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
thigh: valid Words With Friends Word