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  • verb Present participle of ankle.

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Examples

  • Pushed somewhat harder today, including a technique called "ankling" that involves calf muscles in the motive power, as well as thighs.

    Gloom jhetley 2007

  • I think it is important to note Cap is "ankling" Hulk in the 'nads, not using the more egregious steel boot tip.

    LOOK OUT! David Campbell 2007

  • Because ankling is taken out of the pedaling motion, only large muscles are engaged.

    Ask Nick: Flying with bikes and shoe questions 2011

  • Lots of lone women like me were ankling into the Inferno in various cinematic get-ups swiped from the birth of film around 1900 to fifties science fiction thrillers.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Lots of lone women like me were ankling into the Inferno in various cinematic get-ups swiped from the birth of film around 1900 to fifties science fiction thrillers.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • Lots of lone women like me were ankling into the Inferno in various cinematic get-ups swiped from the birth of film around 1900 to fifties science fiction thrillers.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • There's an obvious problem with rolling out the Rick Perry tax plan nationwide -- most of the states that are net contributors to the union, and which would be ankling under the new regime, are so-called "blue" states -- many in the northeast.

    Paying More than Your Fair Share of Taxes? 2009

  • Thus squired by these boys, I have allowed my girls greater freedom and our four kids have been having a Rockwell-ian summer together, riding their bikes over to each other's houses, ankling up to the local video store or meeting at the neighborhood pool.

    Erika Schickel: Baby Steps 2008

  • I am now taken with “ankling” as a verb who uses that these days?

    Insomnia and Suspense! : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2008

  • Sander Schwartz is ankling his post as Warner Bros.

    Farewell Sander Steve Hulett 2007

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