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feetfirst

feetfirst adverb: with one's feet going first.

Adverb

feetfirst (not comparable)

  1. With one's feet going first.
    • So DeCamilli, sliding feetfirst, undercuts the Bomber and sends him sliding into the wall.1988 December 9, Ben Joravsky, “No-Ice Hockey”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016
    • When we are still worried about our lack of experience and ability to swim, we jump in feetfirst.2012, Dottie Escobedo-Frank, ReStart Your Church, →ISBN, page 90

Adjective

feetfirst (not comparable)

  1. With one's feet going first.
    • On the feetfirst top-top with a 19-inch hole, your body is tilted to about a 35-degree angle on entry.1965, United States. 6570th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, AMRL-TR. - Issue 65, page 22

Origin of feetfirst

From feet + first.

Questions about feetfirst

What does feetfirst mean?
Feetfirst means with one's feet going first.
What part of speech is feetfirst?
Feetfirst can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near feetfirst in the dictionary

  1. feetage
  2. feetages
  3. feetball
  4. feete
  5. feeted
  6. feetfirst
  7. feetful
  8. feeties
  9. feetjob
  10. feetjobs
  11. feetless

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