A swelling of the ankle and lower calf so as to obliterate the normal tapered boundary between the two. While it may be simply be deposition of adipose tissue (fat), or even excessive standing, in some cases the cankle may represent a symptom of kidney disease or even congestive heart failure, in that the swelling could be caused by excessive fluid retention in the lower leg which the failing heart is unable to pump uphill or the kidneys are unable to excrete into the urine.
While the term is ordinarily used in a sexist manner to insult a woman's beauty, cankles may represent more than a mere cosmetic problem, but actually a dangerous situation calling for evfaluation by a physician.
While the term is ordinarily used in a sexist manner to insult a woman's beauty, cankles may represent more than a mere cosmetic problem, but actually a dangerous situation calling for evfaluation by a physician.
The middle-aged woman was so ashamed of her cankle(s) that she had long worn long dresses to obscure them but, later, only after she had been hospitalized with severe kidney and heart disease, did her family realize that the cankle(s) were an early sign of her illness.
by Dr Whosis October 12, 2009
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Mike: Shame on you for voting to let George Bush go to war with Iran!
Hillary: Hillary Cackle
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Chris: Why do you and President Clinton have such a hyper-partisan view of politics?
Hillary: Hillary Cackle
Hillary: Hillary Cackle
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Chris: Why do you and President Clinton have such a hyper-partisan view of politics?
Hillary: Hillary Cackle
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When you have a big dick but have erectyle dysfunction so it is so flaccid that your lover cannot get any enjoyment from your gerth.
My sirority sister hooked up with this hot guy and when they went to do the deed he could not enter because he had cankle dick.
by Twin Brother Darkness May 24, 2016
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by Nova-rooms May 18, 2020
Get the cankle meat mug.The absence of a defined ankle on a person - whereby the calf of the leg merges directly into the foot. The calf appears to replace the ankle - hence the term "cankle".
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