wrist

n.

1. 1. The joint between the hand and the forearm.
   2. See carpus (sense 1).
2. The part of a sleeve or glove that encircles the wrist.

tr.v., wrist·ed, wrist·ing, wrists.
To shoot (a puck) by making a wrist shot.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

The whole region in and around the wrist-joint, including the distal parts of the radius and ulna, and the carpus.

The carpus; this human term is sometimes applied to animals.

IN BRIEF: The joint or part of the arm between the hand and forearm.

I hurt my wrist when I fell and landed on my arm during the active game.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - håndled

Nederlands (Dutch)
pols(gewricht)

Français (French)
n. - poignet

Deutsch (German)
n. - Handgelenk

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) καρπός (χεριού), (μτφ.) μανσέτα, μανικέτι

Italiano (Italian)
polso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pulso (m), punho (m) (de camisa)

Русский (Russian)
запястье, лучезапястный сустав, манжета, обшлаг (рукава), крага (перчатки), цапфа

Español (Spanish)
n. - muñeca, codillo (en los cuadrúpedos), puño (de la camisa)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - handled

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
手腕, 腕关节

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手腕, 腕關節

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 손목, 손끝의 힘, 손재주

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 手首, そで口

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الرسغ, المعصم, معصم السترة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שורש היד, מפרק כף-היד‬

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wrist	Wrist Corsage
Wrist Corsages	Wrist Band