wristy

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Showing quick movements made with the wrist often in sports

adjective
/ˈrɪsti/

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Examples

To improve your golf game, focus on making a smooth, wristy swing that allows for better control of the club.
During the badminton match, she executed a wristy shot that surprised her opponent and landed the shuttlecock perfectly.
In rock climbing, a wristy movement is essential for gripping holds effectively and maintaining balance on difficult routes.

Surface Forms

wristy positive

Morphology

wristy = wrist (transparent) = wrist + y

Clear adjective formation from the noun 'wrist' with the productive suffix '-y' meaning 'characterized by or relating to the wrist'.

Etymology

Wristy comes from wrist, the joint that lets your hand 'twist' and move, plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So a wristy action is one 'made by' the wrist — that's why the word means movements or skills that use the wrist, often in sports or art.