wrist

The joint between the human hand and forearm.

A similar joint in other vertebrates.

The part of a sleeve or glove that encircles the wrist.

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

That part of the fore limb or arm which comes between the forearm and the hand, and by which the latter is joined or jointed to the former; the wrist-joint; technically, the carpus, or the carpal articulation.

The ankle or the instep.

In machinery, a stud or pin projecting from the side of a crank, wheel, or other moving part, and forming a means of attachment to a connecting-rod leading to some other part of the mechanism. Also called wrist-pin.

The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.