Definition of wrist

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wrist    (rst) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. The joint between the hand and the forearm.
   2. See carpus.
2. The part of a sleeve or glove that encircles the wrist.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
wrist·ed, wrist·ing, wrists

To shoot (a puck) by making a wrist shot.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English; see wer-² in Indo-European roots