n. A thick ankle, particularly one that appears to be a continuation of the calf.
2004
Montana wants to get rid of her "cankles" — ankles as thick as calves.
2003
But think about it, if your ankles or calves are large enough to be mistaken for each other, or worse yet, if they seemed to have formed a unit called the "cankle," and you could do something about it — wouldn't you?
2000 (earliest)
What's the first thing you notice in a woman? Whether she has cankles or not. Cankles are where your calves slide right down into your ankles.
As Madden looked at the physique of the Rams' Jeff Zgonina, a 6-foot-2, 305-pound defensive tackle, he said, "Ever see his legs?" He noted that the area between Zgonina's calves and ankles — the cankles, he labeled them — were the biggest he had ever seen. (Madden, a former offensive lineman, has sizable cankles, too.)
Summerall added: "We've got a new one for the books. He's got a 38 cankle."
Summerall added: "We've got a new one for the books. He's got a 38 cankle."