flatfoot
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flatfoot
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From flat + foot. Piecewise doublet of platypus.
noun flatfoots · flatfeet · flat-foot
- A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.
- A person having the above condition.
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(plural typically flatfoots) A policeman.
Similar: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler, blue meanie, bobby, body snatcher, bogey
- A sailor.
verb flatfoots · flatfooting · flatfooted · flat-foot
- To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating. And even if they didn't know about her they might know this was his old neighborhood and go flatfooting around asking.
- To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging. Casewell, George, and Steve had the crowd flatfooting across the floor in no time.
- To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows. “Thanks, Kate,” Bill Bingley said, laying down a screw gun and flatfooting the Coke she handed him.
- To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
- To wrong-foot. In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thoma
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noun condition
| 日本語 | 扁平足 henpeisoku |
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| 中文 | 扁平足 biǎnpíngzú, 平足 píngzú, 平足症 píngzúzhèng |
| Français | pied plat |
| Deutsch | Plattfuß |
| Русский | плоскосто́пие ploskostópije |
noun person
| Русский | плоскосто́пный ploskostópnyj |
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title = {flatfoot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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