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Oxford Essential Dictionary

wrist

 noun
the part of your body where your arm joins your hand

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

wrist

wrist /rɪst/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English]
the part of your body where your hand joins your arm
on/around your wrist
She had a gold watch on her wrist. ⇨ ↑body

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wrist

wrist [wrist wrists]   [rɪst]    [rɪst]  noun
the joint between the hand and the arm
She's broken her wrist.
He wore a copper bracelet on his wrist.

see a slap on the wrist at  slap  n.  
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin, probably from the base of writhe.  
Example Bank:
‘Is it serious?’ she asked, clasping the doctor's wrist.
A policeman snapped handcuffs around his wrists.
He grabbed her wrist but she twisted it free.
He slashed his wrists in a suicide attempt.
He wears weights on his wrists when he goes running.
I turned to leave but he clasped me by the wrist.
She sent the ball flying over the net with a flick of the wrist.
Strong fingers encircled her tiny wrists.
• The burglars bound the family's wrists behind their backs.

• The secret of making the ball spin is in the wrist action.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

wrist / rɪst / noun [ C ]

B2 the part of the body between the hand and the arm:

I sprained my wrist playing squash.

See picture hand 1

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

wrist

/rɪst/
(wrists)

Your wrist is the part of your body between your hand and your arm which bends when you move your hand.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wrist

wrist /ˈrɪst/ noun, pl wrists [count] : the part of your body where your hand joins your arm
• I hurt/sprained/broke my wrist.
- see pictures at hand, human
a slap on the wrist
- see 2slap