Plural of wrist
regular plural
The plural of wrist is wrists.
Forms of wrist
| Singular | wrist /ɹɪst/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | wrists |
| Countable | countable |
Wrists in a sentence
- Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.From the entry ornamental
- Her arthritic wrists bothered her most in the winter.From the entry arthritic
- More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.From the entry watch
- Suits didn't wear suits any more—they wore Tibetan prayer beads coiled around their wrists.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN. From the entry prayer beads
- Frail, birdlike wrists and no muscle anywhere on his tiny frame.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 82. From the entry birdlike
Meaning of wrist
- noun The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
- noun A stud or pin which forms a journal.
- verb To hit a wrist shot.
Questions about the plural of wrist
- What is the plural of wrist?
- The plural of wrist is wrists.
- Is wrist countable?
- Wrist is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wrist (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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