"ankle breaker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ankle breakers [plural], ankle-breaker [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ankle breaker (plural ankle breakers)
  1. (sports, basketball) A deceptive move in which a player baits an opponent into moving in the wrong direction, causing imbalance.
    Sense id: en-ankle_breaker-en-noun-s97u1rf3 Categories (other): Basketball, Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. Small holes drilled into types of bridges to cause fast-moving people to fall, while slow-moving people cross safely.
    Sense id: en-ankle_breaker-en-noun-zm7kpuH9 Categories (other): Architecture Disambiguation of Architecture: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Football, Football (American) Disambiguation of Football: 0 0 Disambiguation of Football (American): 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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