thigh

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I use the flexing thigh test he describes in the video to know when it's done.

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The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

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The clearest senses and uses of thigh gathered in one view.

noun

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

noun

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.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for thigh.

noun

The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.

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Example sentences

I use the flexing thigh test he describes in the video to know when it's done.

This stretch (or release) convinces the thigh to 'let go' of your hip, allowing it to rotate.

And like the silk stocking of a burlesque half-nude queen it climbs up his thigh: gangrene.

If you just aim at the inner thigh and kick upward as hard as you can, inevitably you hit the groin.

Edit: Another really cool thing would be if you could put it on your thigh and use toe movements as input.

I've got a Samsung phablet thing, but it's a bit tedious to strap to my arm or thigh...

Instead, you both thigh-slap about how silly it is for Christians to feel persecuted.

The hip stays tight (flexed) and the thigh muscles (and others) end up taking over the role of keeping your body upright.

The trick I use when this starts to happen is to tense my thigh and abdominal muscles.

From the second op, I had a huge black bruise on my thigh in the shape of a hand print.

Just put them on your thigh, a little to the side, and you can operate them while standing or sitting without most people noticing.

Anytime someone's gone for my groin, (and it's only ever been women) my thigh has moved to deflect the foot/knee without my even noticing.

Quote examples

Measuring how heavy / big you are feeds into "weight status" and "thigh gap" fixation.

However awesome Smalltalk was, many of the ideas now identified as "OOP" (like modularity and reusability) preceded Smalltalk by some time, and did not spring fully formed from Alan Kay's thigh.