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Princeton's WordNet

  1. legsnoun

    staying power

    "that old Broadway play really has legs"

Wiktionary

  1. legsnoun

    eleven

Wikipedia

  1. legs

    "Hot Legs is a single by Rod Stewart. Stewart included the song on his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. The 1977 single performed moderately well on the United States Hot 100 (#28), and well on the UK Singles Chart (#5). In the UK, "Hot Legs" and "I Was Only Joking" charted together as a double A-side. In 1993, Stewart recorded a live version during his MTV Unplugged session which appeared on the album Unplugged...and Seated. Artists who have recorded cover versions of "Hot Legs" include Tom Jones, Tina Turner, and American rock band Orgy. Bon Jovi have occasionally covered this song on the Circle Tour. Since the original recording/video, the lyrics in the last verse have been changed. The lead guitar that is prominent throughout the song was performed by Billy Peek, a Saint Louis, Missouri native who was in Rod Stewart's band in the mid-seventies.

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  1. legs

    1) In anatomy, legs are the parts of the body used for standing, walking, running and other physical activities, located below the torso and typically extending from the hips to the feet in humans and other bipedal creatures. 2) In the context of furniture or objects, legs refer to the supporting pillars or structures that raise the main body of the object off the ground. 3) In sports or races, a leg often refers to a stage or section of the course. 4) In geometry, a leg is either of the two sides of a right-angled triangle that forms the right angle. 5) In travel, a leg can refer to a part or stage of a journey.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. legs

    (See ANGLE.) A fast-sailing vessel is said to have legs.--Legs are used in cutters, yachts, &c., to shore them up in dry harbours when the tide leaves them. The leech-line cringles have also been called legs. Also, the parts of a point which hang on each side of the sail.

Editors Contribution

  1. legsnoun

    Plural noun of leg

    The table legs are beautiful.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2016  

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  1. LEGS

    What does LEGS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LEGS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'legs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1638

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'legs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1349

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Anagrams for legs »

  1. ElGs

  2. ELGs

  3. gels

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of legs in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of legs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of legs in a Sentence

  1. Officer Chauvin:

    Thomas Lane said. FILE - In this image from surveillance video, Minneapolis police Officers from left, Tou Thao, Officer Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are seen attempting to take George Floyd into custody in Minneapolis, Minn on May 25, 2020. ( Court TV via AP, Pool, File) Lane said he also suggested putting Floyd’s legs up, since he was kicking, but that.

  2. Mark Lenz:

    Riding with him didn’t just help rebuild the strength in my legs, it brought me out of a deep depression, my whole mental attitude was changed.

  3. Jessica Kensky:

    I miss my legs every day, but I had never felt this collective love and support from total strangers, but all of us became recipients of this incredible ocean of love and support, and it didn’t stop.

  4. Liubov Yarosh:

    I was completely swollen. My legs were swollen, my arms were swollen. I was so sick. I thought I was going to die.

  5. Sergio Ramos:

    If they have legs, break them

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