spindle-shanked

adjective

Definition of spindle-shankednext
as in spindle-legged

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spindle-shanked
  1. wiry
  2. waspish
  3. weedy
Adjective
  • To clean the mesh grilles—the soft, wiry panels in the earbud—dip your toothbrush into a cup of micellar water, and while holding the earbud upright so the mesh is facing you, gently rub the bristles, in a circular motion, across each mesh panel for 15 seconds.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Rogers, a slight man with wiry muscles built over decades of manual labor, moved into the apartment just before migrants from Venezuela began rolling into Denver.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of wiry
Adjective
  • The book brings to life characters such as the waspish U.S. Army general Joseph Stilwell and the eccentric U.S. ambassador Patrick Hurley.
    Richard Bernstein, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2014
  • Among the waspish regulars of the Algonquin Round Table, Robert Benchley cut a relatively docile figure.
    New York Times, New York Times, 11 May 2022
Definition of waspish
Adjective
  • Keep weedy areas of your yard cut back to deprive them of a place to call home.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Common visitors to feeders for both seed and suet, these birds gather in flocks in weedy fields, roadsides, brushy patches and backyards.
    Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of weedy
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Thesaurus Entries Near spindle-shanked

spindles

spindle-shanked

spindling

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