Thigh Meaning
/θaɪ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
nounThat 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.
Sentence Examples
You need to have strong thigh muscles to skate.
She has a tattoo of a lizard on her thigh.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse applied a bandage to the patient's injured ____ after the accident.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt a sharp pain in his ____ after he pulled a muscle while he was running in the park this morning today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs."
— c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
"About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh."
— 8 November 1800, Jane Austen, a letter:
"‘Why not pay up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh."
— 1991, Kathy Lette, The Llama Parlour:
"The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh."
— 31 March 2011, The Guardian:
"Add the chicken thighs, close the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken."
— 2009, Fred Thompson, Grillin' with Gas:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The nurse applied a bandage to the patient's injured ____ after the accident.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He felt a sharp pain in his ____ after he pulled a muscle while he was running in the park this morning today.