OXFORD DICTIONARY
wrist, n.
1 the part connecting the hand with the forearm.
2 the corresponding part in an animal.
3 the part of a garment covering the wrist.
4 a (in full wrist-work) the act or practice of working the hand without moving the arm. b the effect got in fencing, ball games, sleight of hand, etc., by this.
5 (in full wrist-pin) Mech. a stud projecting from a crank etc. as an attachment for a connecting-rod.
wrist-drop the inability to extend the hand through paralysis of the forearm muscles. wrist-watch a small watch worn on a strap round the wrist.
OE f. Gmc, prob. f. a root rel. to WRITHE
THESAURUS
wrist
ankle, arm, articulation, biceps, boundary, butt, cervix, clinch, closure, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, dovetail, elbow, embrace, forearm, gliding joint, hinge, hinged joint, hip, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, link, miter, mortise, neck, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, scarf, seam, shoulder, stitch, suture, symphysis, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, upper arm, weld
ROGET THESAURUS
wrist
Retention
N
retention, retaining, keep, detention, custody, tenacity, firm hold, grasp, gripe, grip, iron grip, fangs, teeth, claws, talons, nail, unguis, hook, tentacle, tenaculum, bond, clutches, tongs, forceps, pincers, nippers, pliers, vice, paw, hand, finger,
wrist, fist, neaf, neif, bird in hand, captive, retaining, retentive, tenacious, unforfeited, undeprived, undisposed, uncommunicated, incommunicable, inalienable, in mortmain, in strict settlement, uti possidetis.