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thigh
[ thahy ]
noun
- the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.
- the corresponding part of the hind limb of other animals; the femoral region.
- (in birds)
- the true femoral region that is hidden by the skin or feathers of the body.
- the segment below, containing the fibula and tibia.
- Entomology. the femur.
thigh
/ θaɪ /
noun
- the part of the leg between the hip and the knee in man
- the corresponding part in other vertebrates and insects
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Example Sentences
There was one guy who had a tattoo of me on his inner thigh.
One guy took a horn in the thigh, suffering a baseball-sized contusion.
He has had operations on both knees, and they had to put him under anesthesia to clean a long gash in his left thigh.
Sternberg showed a sweatshirt wrapped around a hips-style skirt, oversized faux furs, and thigh-length cardigans.
There were also bruises on the lower left arm and the upper right thigh.
Captain Hobbs, of the 3rd Artillery, was shot through the thigh at night, and only the next morning saw the nature of the wound.
Heap together into it the pieces thereof, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, choice pieces and full of bones.
Then, stooping suddenly, the Parisian ran his blade under the other brave's guard and through the fellow's thigh.
As they flew, each rider swung lightly forward, lance level with thigh, shield over the crouching chest.
The width of the seat should be about one-fifth of the length of the body, or three-fourths the length of the thigh.
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