thigh
n. countablen. the top part of your leg between your hip and your knee.
n. the part of the human leg between the hip and the knee, supported by the femur.
My thigh muscles feel sore after the long run.
The athlete wore a compression sleeve on her left thigh to support a minor muscle strain during the race.
The femur is the longest and strongest bone in the human body, extending through the thigh to provide structural support for the entire upper frame.
From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic þeuh, from Proto-Germanic þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).
Commonly used in medical and athletic contexts to refer to the quadriceps and hamstring muscle groups.