cankle

/ˈkæŋkəl/

cankle noun: an obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.

Noun

cankle (plural cankles)

(derogatory, usually) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
- Hey, all l’m saying is she’s got cankles, for God’s sake. What? Cankles! She’s got no ankles. It’s like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman.2001, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Shallow Hal
- The “cankle” (or the appearance of not having an ankle, but the calf of the leg just connecting to the foot) is a look that many women have and most could live without.2004, Jeff Smith, Posing for Portrait Photography: A Head-to-Toe Guide

They’d pass me magazines and ask how my cankle recovery was progressing.2005, Franz Wisner, Honeymoon with my Brother:
Laserassisted lipolysis for cankle remodelling: A prospective study in 30 patients.2017 January 27, Pierre Andre, Eckart Haneke, Leonardo Marini, Christopher Rowland Payne, Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery, CRC Press, →ISBN:

plural	cankles
alternative form	kankle

Blend of calf + ankle.

What does cankle mean?: Cankle means an obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
How do you use cankle in a sentence?: They’d pass me magazines and ask how my cankle recovery was progressing.
What part of speech is cankle?: Cankle is a noun.
How do you pronounce cankle?: Cankle is pronounced /ˈkæŋkəl/.
What is the plural of cankle?: The plural of cankle is cankles.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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