Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ornament worn around the ankle.
- noun A sock that reaches just above the ankle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little ankle.
- noun An ornament for the ankle, corresponding to the bracelet for the wrist or forearm.
- noun A support or brace for the leg, intended to stiffen the ankle-joint and prevent the ankle from turning to one side.
- noun An extension of the top of a boot or shoe, designed sometimes for protection to a weak ankle, sometimes merely for ornament.
- noun A fetter or shackle for the ankles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
- noun see
anklets .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A piece of
jewelry /jewellery , resembling abracelet but worn around theankle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle
- noun a sock that reaches just above the ankle
- noun an ornament worn around the ankle
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Examples
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Wearing the bracelet/anklet is a punishment, one should be embarrassed to wear one.
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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 2011
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She chose the footwear in order to hide her SCRAM alcohol monitoring anklet, which the courts have ordered she wear.
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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.
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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.
Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011
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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 2010
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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 2010
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Why does it look like she has a barrier (towels?) behind the SCRAM anklet?
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Also in attendance: Lindsay Lohan, whose sparkly jumpsuit cleverly concealed her alcohol-monitoring anklet.
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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.
Dancer Malavika Sarukkai wows Kennedy Center with 'Maximum' artistry 2011
vanishedone commented on the word anklet
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.
November 10, 2008