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legone of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: one of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands

Pronunciation (IPA): /leɡ/

Example Sentences

  • My dog lifts his leg to mark every tree in the neighborhood.
  • The chair wobbled because one leg was shorter than the others.
  • She's pulling your leg - there's no way she ate 20 hamburgers!

leg

NOUN

[/leɡ/]

one of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/leɡ/
🇬🇧 UK/leɡ/

🌳Etymology

Rootleg

🎵Rhyme

eggbegpegkeg
egg
beg
peg
keg

🔗Collocations

break a leg
pull someone's leg
leg room
shake a leg
leg cramp
chicken leg
long legs

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My dog lifts his leg to mark every tree in the neighborhood.

The chair wobbled because one leg was shorter than the others.

😄 Fun example

She's pulling your leg - there's no way she ate 20 hamburgers!

The first leg of our journey takes us through the mountains.

I don't have a leg to stand on in this argument.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

limbappendagememberextremitysupport

Antonyms

armtorsohead

Related

footkneethighanklewalkstandrun

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