Thigh

Definitions: Thigh

Thigh

Noun

1. The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.

2. The upper joint of the leg of a fowl.

Date "thigh" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Thigh

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream of seeing your thigh smooth and white, denotes unusual good luck and pleasure. To see wounded thighs, foretells illness and treachery. For a young woman to admire her thigh, signifies willingness to engage in adventures, and she should heed this as a warning to be careful of her conduct. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Food & Agriculture	The femur together with the surrounding musculature. The two cuts shall be made at the joints. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	A leg; in anatomy, any elongated process or part of a structure more or less comparable to a leg. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Thigh

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and buttocks and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb.

There is one bone in the thigh called the femur. This bone is very thick and strong, and forms a ball and socket joint at the hip, and a condylar joint at the knee.

Fascial compartments

In cross-section, the thigh is divided up into three fascial compartments. These compartments are have the femur as an axis, and are separated by tough connective tissue membranes (or septa). Each of these compartments has its on blood and nerve supply, and contains a different group of muscles.

Blood vessels

Saphenous vein etc.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thigh."

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Synonym: Thigh

Synonym: second joint (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Thigh

English words defined with "thigh": acetabular, adduct, anterior crural nerve, arteria circumflexa femoris, arteria femoralis, autograft ♦ charleyhorse, circumflex artery of the thigh, circumflex femoral vein, cotyloid, cotyloidal, cuisse ♦ femoral, femoral artery, femoral biceps, femoral nerve ♦ gammon, gaskin, Genitocrural, genu valgum, gluteal muscle, gluteus, gluteus muscle, Groin ♦ ham, haunch, hip, hip joint ♦ inguen ♦ jambon ♦ Kernig's sign, knock-knee ♦ meralgia, Merocele, Meros, musculus adductor brevis, musculus adductor longus, musculus biceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, musculus sartorius ♦ nervus femoralis, nervus ischiadicus ♦ obturator vein ♦ Pope's eye, Precrural, psoas, Putting the hand under the thigh ♦ quad, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris ♦ Rider's bone, Round of beef ♦ Saphenous, sartorius, sartorius muscle, sciatic nerve ♦ Thigh bone, thigh boot, thigh boots, thigh pad, tibia valga, To smite hip and thigh, tuille ♦ unwarrantably ♦ vena circumflexus femoris, vena obturatoria. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thigh": black-leg, blackquarter, black-quarter ♦ Clostridium chauvoei infection, Clostridium septicum infection, Compartment Syndromes, Cuishes ♦ Femoral Neck Fractures, Femoral Neuropathy ♦ Golden Thigh ♦ Hip and Thigh ♦ Obturator Nerve ♦ Philosopher with the Golden Thigh, Psoas Muscles ♦ quarter-ill ♦ Roch ♦ Symbols of Saints, symptomatic anthrax ♦ Thigh. (references)

Etymologies containing "thigh": Femur ♦ Merocele, Meropodite. (references)

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Modern Usage: Thigh

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Guys get cheeks as smooth as the inside o' Sarah Elizabeth Murphy's left thigh. (Ticket to Heaven; writing credit: Anne Cameron; Josh Freed) Not yet, but I'm thinking of joining I Felta Thigh. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Detective Vaughn, please remove your hand from my thigh. (Valentine; writing credit: Donna Powers) Karen that's your thigh. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) A thigh seemed innocent as parts go. (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes)
Lyrics	Crush a killer with a thigh bone (Man (Opposable Thumb); performing artist: The Residents)
Movie/TV Titles	Thigh Spy (1967) Scarf of Mist Thigh of Satin (1966) Thigh Line Lyre Triangular (1961)
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Commercial Usage: Thigh

Domain	Title
Books	Complete Hip & Thigh Diet (reference) Conleys Complete Hip & Thigh D (reference) Functional Morphology of the Hip and Thigh of the Lorisiformes (reference) Hip and Thigh Diet (reference) New Hip and Thigh Cookbook (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Jodi Cohens Thigh Busters (reference) Thigh Busters (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Image Slideshow: Thigh

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Photo Album: Thigh

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	To Dress Fractures Of The Neck Of The Thigh Bone.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		A Practical Lecture on the Digestive Organs!! : by the Eccentric Doctor, A.B.E. Knee - Thigh. / Doctor Cruikshank del et fecit.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Dr. Eleanor Hunt. Dr. Hunt measuring width of boy's thigh.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Use in Literature: Thigh

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Athy is the town in the county Kildare and a thigh is the other thigh.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Thigh

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		An inguinal hernia occurs in the groin (the area between the abdomen and thigh). (references)
		These sensations usually occur in the calf area but may be felt anywhere from the thigh to the ankle. (references)
		Excess abdominal fat is more often related to disease than are fat deposits in the thigh or gluteal areas. (references)
Economic History	Taiwan	Market partiality to dark (thigh) meat saw drum and thigh cuts comprise nearly all imports under quota. (references)
	Taiwan	The recent practice of substituting turkey thigh meat for pork to achieve cost savings decreased in 2000 due to depressed local pork prices. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Thigh

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	I never enjoyed air flight, but now I don't board a plane without taking a moment to shoot myself in the thigh with a tranquilizer dart.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Thigh

"Thigh" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.51% of the time. "Thigh" is used about 708 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	93.51%	662	9,909
Noun (proper)	4.23%	30	63,341
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.12%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.14%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	708	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Thigh

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "thigh".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Shishak	N/A	Biblical	Of the thigh
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Thigh

Expressions using "thigh": chicken thigh ♦ circumflex artery of the thigh ♦ lower part of the thigh ♦ putting the hand under the thigh ♦ smite hip and thigh ♦ thigh bone ♦ thigh boot ♦ thigh boots ♦ thigh pad ♦ To smite hip and thigh ♦ wounded in the thigh. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "thigh": thigh-bones, thigh-boots, thigh-cuisses, thigh-deep, thigh-high, thigh-hugging, thigh-length, thigh-slapper, thigh-slapping, thigh-thick, thigh-throttling.
	Ending with "thigh": mid-thigh.
	Containing "thigh": mid-thigh-length.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thigh

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bun thigh max	904	thigh pain	59
thigh	800	butt thigh max	58
thigh high boot	702	thigh lift	57
thigh exercise	414	thigh high leather boot	49
bun roller thigh	372	exercise thigh butt	48
thigh high stocking	315	fat thigh	43
thigh high	278	thunder thigh	42
thigh master	263	butt thigh	42
inner thigh exercise	263	big thigh	41
thigh boot	243	buns thigh max	40
thigh highs	241	thigh workouts	39
bun thigh	227	thin thigh	36
bun and thigh rocker	102	thinner thigh	36
bun master thigh	91	bun thigh.com	34
bun and thigh machine	82	thigh length boot	32
recipe for chicken thigh	82	liposuction thigh	31
thick thigh	68	inner thigh workout	29
buns thigh	62	bun max review thigh	29
inner thigh	59	heel thigh	29
sexy thigh	59	roller thigh	29
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Thigh

Language		Translations for "thigh"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shalë (pigskin, saddle, seat), kofshë. (various references)

Arabic		‏فخذ (femoral, leg), ‏شىء يشبه الفخذ. (various references)

Bulgarian		бедро (breech, ham, haunch, hip, huckle). (various references)

Chamorro		cháchaga'. (various references)

Chinese		大腿 . (various references)

Czech		stehno. (various references)

Danish		lår. (various references)

Dutch		bovenbeen, dij (leg). (various references)

Esperanto		femuro. (various references)

Faeroese		lær. (various references)

Farsi		ران(تش.). (various references)

Finnish		reisi (leg of mutton). (various references)

French		cuisse. (various references)

Frisian		bil. (various references)

German		Schenkel (leg, shank, shanks, thighs), Oberschenkel (femoral, ham). (various references)

Greek		μηρός (femur). (various references)

Hebrew		ירך (femur, ham, haunch, hip, loin), שוק (drumstick, leg, shank, side). (various references)

Hungarian		comb (ham, haunch, leg, tibia). (various references)

Indonesian		paha (ham, haunch). (various references)

Italian		coscia (ham, haunch, leg). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		腿 (femur), 股 (crotch, femur, groin), 太腿 , 太股 , 大腿 , 俣 (crotch, groin), 上腿 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		また (again, also, and, crotch, fork, groin), ふともも, もも (femur, peach), じょうたい (circumstances, condition, direct style, normal state, situation, state, upper part of the body), だいたい (battalion, change of ownership, general, main point, outline, subrogation, substantially, substitution). (various references)

Korean		허벅다리. (various references)

Manx		shleeast (flank), maaish. (various references)

Maya		muuk ook. (various references)

Norwegian		lår (leg). (various references)

Papiamen		bel, bèl (telephone). (various references)

Pig Latin		ighthay

Portuguese		coxa (haunch). (various references)

Romanian		coapsã (ham). (various references)

Romansch		coissa. (various references)

Romany		boolyàkoro. (various references)

Russian		бедро (femur, ham, haunch, hip, hyp). (various references)

Scottish		sliasaid , sliasad, sliasaid, leis (by him, in his possession, on that account. See <A HREF="mf07.html#le">le</A>, thigh. See <A HREF="mf07.html#leas">leas</A>). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		butina. (various references)

Shona		chidya. (various references)

Spanish		muslo (drumstick, lower leg, shank). (various references)

Sranan		bowtu. (various references)

Swazi		lí-tsangá. (various references)

Swedish		lår (bin, box, case, chest, ham, haunch), höft (haunch, hip). (various references)

Thai		ต้นขา. (various references)

Turkish		kalça (buttocks, haunch, hip, huckle, nates). (various references)

Turkmen		but (hip). (various references)

Ukranian		стегнова кістка (astragalus), стегно (femur, ham, haunch, hip, huck). (various references)

Vietnamese		bắp vế, bắp đùi. (various references)

Welsh		morddwyd, gar (ham), clun (brushwood, haunch, hip, leg, meadow, moor). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Thigh

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	ha�, tugul. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	femur. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	rânem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Thigh

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 31
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ekalesen iakwb to onoma tou topou ekeinou eidoV qeou eidon gar qeon proswpon proV proswpon kai eswqh mou h yuch
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ortusque est ei statim sol postquam transgressus est Phanuhel ipse vero claudicabat pede
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And anoon is rysun to hym the sunne, after that he was ouerpassid Phanuel; he forsothe haltide with the too foote.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And as he went ouer Peniel the sonne rose vpon him and he halted vpon his thye:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And while he was going past Peniel, the sun came up. And he went with unequal steps because of his damaged leg.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Thigh

Language	Genesis Chapter 32, Verse 31
Cebuano	Ug gisidlakan siya sa adlaw sa iyang pag-agi sa Peniel, ug nagtangkihod siya tungod sa iyang paa.
Chinese	日頭剛出來的時候、雅各經過毘努伊勒、他的大腿就瘸了。
Croatian	Onom mjestu Jakov nadjene ime Penuel jer - reèe - "Vidjeh Boga licem u lice, i na životu ostadoh."
Danish	Og Solen stod op, da han drog forbi Penuel, og da haltede han på Hoften.
Dutch	En de zon rees hem op, als hij door Pniel gegaan was; en hij was hinkende aan zijn heup.
Finnish	Ja kun hän oli kulkenut Penuelin ohitse, nousi aurinko; mutta hän ontui lonkkaansa.
French	Le soleil se levait, lorsqu`il passa Peniel. Jacob boitait de la hanche.
German	Und als er an Pniel vorüberkam, ging ihm die Sonne auf; und er hinkte an seiner Hüfte.
Hungarian	És a nap felkél vala rajta, amint elméne Peniél mellett, õ pedig sántít vala csípõjére.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Pada waktu matahari terbit, Yakub meninggalkan Pniel, dan ia pincang karena sendi pinggulnya terkilir.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka setelah dilaluinya Peniel itu mataharipun terbitlah, maka Yakubpun timpanglah pahanya.
Maori	A i tara mai te ra ki a ia i a ia ka whiti i Penuere, kei te toitoti ano tona huha.
Norwegian	Og da han var kommet forbi Pnuel så han solen rinne; og han haltet på sin hofte.
Portuguese	E nascia o sol, quando ele passou de Peniel; e coxeava de uma perna.
Rumanian	Rqsqrea soarele cknd a trecut pe lkngq Peniel. Knsq Iacov wchiopqta din coapsq.
Swedish	Och när han hade kommit förbi Penuel, såg han solen gå upp; men han haltade på höften.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Thigh

Derivations
	Words beginning with "thigh": thighbone, thighbones, thighed, thighs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Thigh" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tbig, thaith, thegm, theigh, theth, thieg, thig, thige, thight, thiog, thith, thogh, thrig, thuggy, thuth, tigh, tighe, whigh. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Thigh

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: hight.
	Words within the letters "g-h-h-i-t"
	-1 letter: high.
	-2 letters: ghi, git, hit.
	-3 letters: hi, it, ti.
	Words containing the letters "g-h-h-i-t"
	+1 letter: eighth, height, highth, hights, thighs.
	+2 letters: eighths, heighth, heights, highest, highted, highths, thighed.
	+3 letters: eighthly, hatching, heighten, heighths, highspot, hightail, highting, hitching, hotching, hutching, lightish, thuggish, toughish.
	+4 letters: diphthong, eightieth, hatchings, hatchling, haughtier, haughtily, headlight, heightens, highlight, highspots, hightails, hindsight, lightship, nighthawk, rushlight, sheathing, thatching, thighbone, thrashing, threshing, ultrahigh, whishting.
	+5 letters: birthright, diphthongs, earthlight, eighteenth, eightieths, flashlight, forthright, hatcheling, hatchlings, haughtiest, headlights, heightened, highlights, hightailed, hindsights, knighthood, lighthouse, lightships, lighttight, lithograph, misthought, nighthawks, nightshade, nightshirt, rushlights, sheathings, shipwright, thighbones, thrashings, torchlight, triphthong, unhitching.
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