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duck-footed

duck-footed adjective: having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.

Adjective

duck-footed (comparative more duck-footed, superlative most duck-footed)

  1. (informal) Having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.
    • I am tired of these duck-footed Leydeners, who daren't wink at a donkey lest he should bray.1901, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch
    • Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed—in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing.1967 June 9, “Inefficient But Fast”, in Time

Antonyms of duck-footed

Forms of duck-footed

comparativemore duck-footed
superlativemost duck-footed
alternative formduckfooted

Questions about duck-footed

What does duck-footed mean?
Duck-footed means having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.
What part of speech is duck-footed?
Duck-footed is an adjective.

Words near duck-footed in the dictionary

  1. duck-drowner
  2. duck-egg blue
  3. duck-egg blues
  4. duck-face
  5. duck-faces
  6. duck-footed
  7. duck-frost
  8. duck-hawk
  9. duck-hawks
  10. duck-legged
  11. duck-shove

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