Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ankle
Participle: ankled
Gerund: ankling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ankle |
| you | ankle |
| he;she;it | ankles |
| we | ankle |
| you | ankle |
| they | ankle |
Perfect
| I | have ankled |
| you | have ankled |
| he;she;it | has ankled |
| we | have ankled |
| you | have ankled |
| they | have ankled |
Past
| I | ankled |
| you | ankled |
| he;she;it | ankled |
| we | ankled |
| you | ankled |
| they | ankled |
Pluperfect
| I | had ankled |
| you | had ankled |
| he;she;it | had ankled |
| we | had ankled |
| you | had ankled |
| they | had ankled |
Future
| I | will ankle |
| you | will ankle |
| he;she;it | will ankle |
| we | will ankle |
| you | will ankle |
| they | will ankle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ankled |
| you | will have ankled |
| he;she;it | will have ankled |
| we | will have ankled |
| you | will have ankled |
| they | will have ankled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ankle |
| you | ankle |
| he;she;it | ankle |
| we | ankle |
| you | ankle |
| they | ankle |
Perfect
| I | have ankled |
| you | have ankled |
| he;she;it | have ankled |
| we | have ankled |
| you | have ankled |
| they | have ankled |
Imperfect
| I | ankled |
| you | ankled |
| he;she;it | ankled |
| we | ankled |
| you | ankled |
| they | ankled |
Pluperfect
| I | had ankled |
| you | had ankled |
| he;she;it | had ankled |
| we | had ankled |
| you | had ankled |
| they | had ankled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ankle |
| you | would ankle |
| he;she;it | would ankle |
| we | would ankle |
| you | would ankle |
| they | would ankle |
Perfect
| I | would have ankled |
| you | would have ankled |
| he;she;it | would have ankled |
| we | would have ankled |
| you | would have ankled |
| they | would have ankled |
Imperative
| you | ankle |
| we | Let's ankle |
| you | ankle |
Verbs conjugated like 'ankle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ankle'
anele,
angle,
fankle,
inkle,
rankle,
able,
addle,
amble,
anhele,
ante,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-
3. Proto-Germanic *-ulaz
4. Proto-Germanic *ankulaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *ankul
6. Old English *ancol
7. Middle English ancle
8. English ankle
9. From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enkel, enklaauw, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).
10. Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle. See: English '
anclef', Icelandic '
ökkla', Sanskrit '
अङ्ग'.
Sample Sentences
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Arvay’s tearful speech followed the usual pattern, and everybody said it was just fine. There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets. [1948, Zora Neale Hurston, chapter 1, in Seraph on the Suwanee, New York: HarperPerennial, published 1991, page 5:]
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1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178,
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Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]
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1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158,
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He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]
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After a while he got up and ankled his way down the corridor and met Penny coming out of the toilet. [2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 275:]