legs
/lɛɡz/
legs is the plural of leg.
legs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leg.
Noun
legs pl (plural only)
- Eleven.
- Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
- Wine enthusiasts cherish the ritual of sniffing and swirling, scrutinizing a wine’s “legs” as they sluice down the sides of the glass, before sipping and looking for a wine’s varietal characteristics.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post
- The ability of a movie to continue attracting an audience.
- That movie is gonna have legs, I think.
Meaning of leg
Noun
leg (plural legs)
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- Insects have six legs.
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.
- The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- The left leg of these jeans has a tear.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
- the legs of a chair or table
- Something that supports.
- This observation is an important leg of my argument.
Words formed from legs
Phrases with legs
- legs up
- bow legs
- had legs
- has legs
- hog legs
- legs out
- new legs
- peg legs
- red legs
- baby legs
- base legs
- dead legs
89 more phrasesFewer phrases
- fine legs
- frog legs
- good legs
- hind legs
- long legs
- pant legs
- first legs
- forty legs
- fresh legs
- heavy legs
- saber legs
- sabre legs
- scaly legs
- shear legs
- short legs
- third legs
- water legs
- Cochin legs
- having legs
- hollow legs
- legs around
- legs eleven
- mare's legs
- marine legs
- middle legs
- second legs
- sex on legs
- square legs
- stanky legs
- wooden legs
- chicken legs
- trouser legs
- arms and legs
- Cabriole legs
- elephant legs
- on one's legs
- restless legs
- scimitar legs
- chopstick legs
- sea forty legs
- feel one's legs
- felt one's legs
- find one's legs
- open one's legs
- strawberry legs
- upon one's legs
- cross one's legs
- deep square legs
- feels one's legs
- finds one's legs
- found one's legs
- opens one's legs
- a lie has no legs
- opened one's legs
- spread one's legs
- crossed one's legs
- crosses one's legs
- feeling one's legs
- finding one's legs
- on one's last legs
- opening one's legs
- spreads one's legs
- stretch one's legs
- crossing one's legs
- rack off, hairy legs
- spreading one's legs
- stretched one's legs
- stretches one's legs
- stretching one's legs
- bowled around the legs
- restless legs syndrome
- tail between one's legs
- talk the legs off a pot
- talk the legs off a pots
- talk the legs off a potted
- stand up on one's hind legs
- stood up on one's hind legs
- talk the legs off a potting
- stands up on one's hind legs
- that ever walked on two legs
- legs all the way to one's neck
- standing up on one's hind legs
- talk the hind legs off a donkey
- talks the hind legs off a donkey
- talked the hind legs off a donkey
- talking the hind legs off a donkey
- as fast as one's legs could carry one
- put one's legs under someone's mahogany
- gender is between your ears, not between your legs
Words that rhyme with legs
Questions about legs
- What does legs mean?
- Legs means eleven.
- What is legs the plural of?
- Legs is the plural of leg.
- What part of speech is legs?
- Legs is a noun.
- How do you pronounce legs?
- Legs is pronounced /lɛɡz/.
Words near legs in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: legs (page history and authors); leg (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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