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thigh

UK/θaɪ/ US/ˈθaɪ/ fairly common

noun

1.

the part of the leg between the hip and the knee

2.

the upper joint of the leg of a fowl

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Origin

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

Phrases

  • my thigh
  • smite hip and thigh
  • thigh boot
  • thigh crush
  • thigh crushing
  • thigh gap
  • thigh master
  • thigh pad

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