thigh
/θaɪ/ noun B2- The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
- That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.
Plural thighs
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Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.
I felt a sudden hot sear as if a red-hot iron had been pressed to my thigh.
Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay and a heavy miasmatic vapour onto our faces, while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet.
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