1. Commonly a pair of socks or stockingsthat are toe-less and used to support the ankle; often worn by
hockey players or gymnasts, for example.
2. Alternatively,
the product of a thread on the web game PonyIsland in which Anklers are (apparently)described as both a small and adorable, yet vicious domestic animal, and the reason for
everything good in the world in the history of time. See also amazing, %110, and cluestick.