Definitions for thigh

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thigh thigh

Spelling: [thahy]

IPA: /θaɪ/

Thigh is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in thigh (ghhit).

Definitions for thigh

noun

1. the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.
2. the corresponding part of the hind limb of other animals; the femoral region.
3. the true femoral region that is hidden by the skin or feathers of the body. the segment below, containing the fibula and tibia.
4. Entomology. the femur.

Origin of thigh

before 900; Middle English thi, thigh(e), the(h), Old English thīoh, thēoh; cognate with Dutch dij, Old High German dioh, Old Norse thjō

Examples for thigh

Isn't it hard enough dealing with the thigh gap, exposed collar bones, and skinny arm trends?

He smote his hand against his thigh, while Kenyon looked at him in wonder.

Yet while the thigh gap was a very real body image issue, the bikini bridge may not be.

While you may get a man's character from his face, you can, if you will, get his past life from his thigh.

Then, he smote his thigh with a blow strong enough to kill an ox.

O foolish god, say they, and worthy to be born as you were of your father's thigh!

At first he didn't get the joke, but then he was slapping his thigh, poking his finger at his photographer.

One guy took a horn in the thigh, suffering a baseball-sized contusion.

I saw him frown, and suddenly he slapped his thigh as a man does when thought overtakes him.

A "thigh gap" and/or "bikini bridge" are practically a free ticket to nakedville.