LEGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legs mean? 

• LEGS (noun)
  The noun LEGS has 1 sense:

1. staying power

  Familiarity information: LEGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Staying power

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

that old Broadway play really has legs

Hypernyms ("legs" is a kind of...):

stamina; staying power; toughness (enduring strength and energy)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

 Context examples 

The man whom they had remarked sat with his back against a cherry-tree, and his legs shooting out in front of him, like one who is greatly at his ease.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Catherine looked, but could not see where it had gone; so she said, “Well, I suppose the other will go the same way and find you; he has younger legs than I have.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“Tight in the arms and legs, you know? Dear me! Well! Those were happy times, weren't they?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

About 250 million years ago, a new region evolved near the shoulders and front legs.

(What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists, National Science Foundation)

The other one is Lord Foley—they call him No. 11, on account of his thin legs.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

ASPS usually occurs in the legs, but can also occur in the arms, hands, head, or neck.

(ASPS, NCI Dictionary)

The coat comes in solid red, sandy, or dark or silvery blue with tan markings on the head and legs.

(Australian Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The body shape is longer than it is tall with very short legs.

(Basset Hound, NCI Thesaurus)

These neurons transmit messages from your brain and spinal cord to your voluntary muscles - the ones you can control, like in your arms and legs.

(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)