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flatfoot

flatfoot noun: a condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.

flatfoot: a condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground
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Noun

flatfoot (plural flatfoots or flatfeet)

  1. (in plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.
  2. A person having the above condition.
  3. (colloquial, dated, derogatory) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman.
    Synonyms:
    police officer
  4. (US, informal, slang) A sailor.

Verb

flatfoot (third-person singular simple present flatfoots, present participle flatfooting, simple past and past participle flatfooted)

  1. 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.1936, John Thomas McIntyre, Steps going down, page 19
    • Meanwhile, a bobby placidly flatfooting his beat a few feet away recognized Marlene under the street lamp and naturally assumed the girls had too, and were merely trying to get her autograph.1956, Lee Mortimer, Around the World Confidential, page 38
  2. To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.
    • Casewell, George, and Steve had the crowd flatfooting across the floor in no time.2014, Sarah Loudin Thomas, Appalachian Serenade (Appalachian Blessings): A Novella, →ISBN
  3. 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.2012, Dana Stabenow -, A Grave Denied, →ISBN
  4. To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
  5. 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...2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

flatfoot meaning in Tamil

flatfoot in Tamil

தட்டை அடிக்கால், தட்டை பாதம்

Synonyms of flatfoot

Forms of flatfoot

Noun
pluralflatfoots
pluralflatfeet
alternative formflat-foot
Verb
third-person singular presentflatfoots
present participleflatfooting
past participleflatfooted
pastflatfooted

Origin of flatfoot

From flat + foot. Piecewise doublet of platypus.

Words formed from flatfoot

Questions about flatfoot

What does flatfoot mean?
Flatfoot means a condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.
What is flatfoot in Tamil?
Flatfoot in Tamil is தட்டை அடிக்கால், தட்டை பாதம். See Flatfoot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is flatfoot?
Flatfoot can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of flatfoot?
The plural of flatfoot is flatfoots.

Words near flatfoot in the dictionary

  1. flatfeet
  2. flatfield
  3. flatfields
  4. flatfish
  5. flatfishes
  6. flatfoot
  7. flatfooted
  8. flatfootedly
  9. flatfootedness
  10. flatfooting
  11. flatfoots

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: flatfoot (page history and authors); flatfoot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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