Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An ornament worn around the ankle.
- n. A sock that reaches just above the ankle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A little ankle.
- n. An ornament for the ankle, corresponding to the bracelet for the wrist or forearm.
- n. A support or brace for the leg, intended to stiffen the ankle-joint and prevent the ankle from turning to one side.
- n. An extension of the top of a boot or shoe, designed sometimes for protection to a weak ankle, sometimes merely for ornament.
- n. A fetter or shackle for the ankles.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
- n. see anklets.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle
- n. a sock that reaches just above the ankle
- n. an ornament worn around the ankle
Examples
“Wearing the bracelet/anklet is a punishment, one should be embarrassed to wear one.”
“She chose the footwear in order to hide her SCRAM alcohol monitoring anklet, which the courts have ordered she wear.”
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » 2010 » June » 05
“Also in attendance: Lindsay Lohan, whose sparkly jumpsuit cleverly concealed her alcohol-monitoring anklet.”
“Lindsay will have to wear the anklet, which monitors the alcohol excreted through the skin, until the judge is satisfied that she is abstaining from drinking.”
Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » 2010 » June » 05
“But ever since Neal first felt the rough, metal touch of a police anklet and agreed to work for the good guys two years ago, he and Peter have developed quite the buddy-cop routine.”
5 Reasons We're Already Hooked on the New Season of White Collar
“Why does it look like she has a barrier (towels?) behind the SCRAM anklet?”
“The one-hour solo unfolds in three parts; the story of dancing Siva's loosened anklet falling to Earth and creating rhythmic syllables; Siva as the earthly manifestation of "formless, divine potential"; and the goddess Durga battling the demon Mahishasura.”
The Washington Post: Dancer Malavika Sarukkai wows Kennedy Center with 'Maximum' artistry
“I told Bob that my recovery would probably benefit from more jewelry—a diamond tennis bracelet for my left wrist, a cluster of diamonds dangling from my left ear, a diamond anklet, a diamond toe ring.”
“Ms. Flynn introduced a new phrase into my sock lexicon, the "crew cut," though my understanding is that it's just a synonym for anklet.”
“Her fabrics were just top of the line and many of her fashions in the 80's were loose and could be worn with little anklet socks and thin canvas shoes.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘anklet’.
-
EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
-
Letterrorists
A bunch of -let words, emphasis on the diminutive. Feel free to neologize.
booklet, flatlet, haslet, nutlet, platelet, streamlet, varlet, aglet, gablet, leaflet, piglet, ringlet and 504 more...
-
Shoe parts
sole, tongue, footbed, insole, innersole, outsole, heel, midsole, eyelet, vamp, instep, toe cap and 40 more...
-
Puting my foot in it
Shoes and the like.
sneakers, loafers, flip-flops, winklepickers, pumps, gumboots, heels, boots, slippers, sandals, flats, ballet shoes and 7 more...
-
Diminutives actually formed with -let...
As opposed to members of that other list.
armlet, ringlet, kinglet, streamlet, cloudlet, leaflet, booklet, brooklet, courtlet, crownlet, dukelet, hooklet and 6 more...
-
Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
-
Words I have to learn
exasperate, felony, weld, fraud, worksheet, ransom, rehearse, preliminary, offshore, parole, infamous, sieve and 436 more...
-
Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
-
Ute
Durable items invented by Hom. Sap.
alpenhorn, matchbox, plinth, pillow, cantilever, fulcrum, troika, cloverleaf, nib, wheelbarrow, dictabelt, cockpit and 184 more...
-
sartorial splendor
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
-Mark Twainapplique, ascot, brogue, dressing gown, frippery, gusset, grommet, placket, silhouette, whipstitch, appliqué, baste and 59 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for anklet.
vanishedone The OED associates this with the -let suffix (as opposed to -et), although it's clearly formed through combination with ankle, so some letters have been cut off somewhere to avoid repetition. Nov 9, 2008