a canklet is an ankle bracelet worn by someone with cankles. often it ends up looking like a misplaced choker.
by s beskow August 21, 2006
Get the canklet mug.Noun. A sight common among the morbidly obese. The point at which one is so obese that there is no thinning of the leg between the calf and the ankle, which creates a sense of fusion between the two. Consequently "Cankle" comes from the fusion of CAlf and aNKLE.
by David May 23, 2004
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by fo shankle February 8, 2010
Get the cankleasaurus rex mug.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
Get the cankle(s) mug.Canales is such a beautiful last name that any Hispanic person could have. This person is so so so smart and loyal but stubborn at times, but over all is an amazing person!!
by Canales November 5, 2020
Get the Canales mug.Those odd pinpricks of sparkling light that fill your vision before you pass out, and linger in your sights for at least 10 minutes after you've come round.
"Mate, I can't drink any more! I'm getting carkles!"
"I don't know if we can move him yet. Ask him if he still has carkles"
"I don't know if we can move him yet. Ask him if he still has carkles"
by MagickDio February 6, 2010
Get the Carkles mug.Crusty and Ankles being compounded into one word.
Somebody with a unusual amount of crust on their ankles.
Somebody with a unusual amount of crust on their ankles.
by Rofllollololol December 23, 2010
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