flatfooting

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
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...

See all 9 meanings of flatfoot