Definitions for legged

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legged leg·ged

Spelling: [leg-id, legd]

IPA: /ˈlɛg ɪd, lɛgd/

Legged is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in legged (deeggl).

Definitions for legged

noun

1. either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
2. Anatomy. the lower limb of a human being from the knee to the ankle.
3. something resembling or suggesting a leg in use, position, or appearance.
4. the part of a garment that covers the leg:
5. one of usually several, relatively tall, slender supports for a piece of furniture.
6. one of the sides of a forked object, as of a compass or pair of dividers.
7. one of the sides of a triangle other than the base or hypotenuse.
8. a timber, bar, or the like, serving to prop or shore up a structure.
9. one of the flanges of an angle iron.
10. one of the distinct sections of any course:
11. Nautical. one of the series of straight runs that make up the zigzag course of a sailing ship. one straight or nearly straight part of a multiple-sided course in a sailing race.
12. Sports. one of a designated number of contests that must be successfully completed in order to determine the winner. one of the stretches or sections of a relay race.
13. legs, (in wine tasting) the rivulets of wine that slowly descend along the inside of a glass after the wine has been swirled, sometimes regarded as an indication that the wine is full-bodied.
14. Cricket. the part of the field to the left of and behind the batsman as he faces the bowler or to the right of and behind him if he is left-handed. the fielder playing this part of the field. the position of this fielder.
15. Electricity. a component or branch of a circuit, network, antenna, etc.
16. Radio and Television. a connecting link between stations in a network, as the microwave relays used in transmitting a show from one geographical area to another.
17. bride2 (def 1).

Idioms

1. leg it, Informal. to walk rapidly or run:
2. leg up, a means of help or encouragement; assist; boost: advantage; edge.
3. not have a leg to stand on, to lack a valid or logical basis for one's argument or attitude:
4. on one's / its last legs, just short of exhaustion, breakdown, failure, etc.:
5. pull someone's leg, to make fun of someone; tease. to deceive someone; trick someone.
6. shake a leg, Informal. to hurry up. Older Use. to dance.
7. stretch one's legs, to take a walk; get some needed exercise after prolonged sitting:

adjective

1. having a specified number or kind of legs (often used in combination):
2. fitted with legs:

Verb phrases

1. leg up, to help (someone) to mount a horse.

verb (used with object)

1. to move or propel (a boat) with the legs:

Origin of legged

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at leg, -ed³

Examples for legged

Every one of these seeds, too, will be found to be winged or legged in another fashion.

Moreover, he 219 legged it, which was exactly what I was certain he meant to do.

Tom had to run for second and he legged it with might and main.

He expected to get 'legged,' and get out of the army, but he has been sucked in.

Like all of the coleoptera, the Mercurians were hexapoda (six legged).

He legged it for the ridge, blind to everything but his desperate need to escape.

Tom kept on, swung wide around first, and then legged it for second.

But, if these clumsy fishers could run, Phorenice was like a legged snake for speed.

I dropped that frying-pan, and I legged it for the cabin for all I was worth.

The burros bolted back on them, and they just legged it out of the way.