footpadding
footpadding is the present participle and gerund of footpad.
Meaning of footpad
Verb
footpad (third-person singular simple present footpads, present participle footpadding, simple past and past participle footpadded)
- To rob travellers on the road.
- When Mr. Kaiser was footpadded last December, the scare seemed to penetrate even the quiet town of Berkeley.1894, The Blue and Gold - Volume 21, page 172
- To sneak on foot.
- But the joke is on me, for they unmasked me by footpadding me to the alley and stealing my clothes and shoes.1926, Charles Leroy Edson, "The Great American Ass": An Autobiography, page 313
Noun
footpadding (plural footpaddings)
- The crime of robbing of travelers on the road; footpaddery.
- This footpadding is only done just for a bit of amusement, and because the colonel is out of the way.1847, George Payne Rainsford James, The King's Highway: A Novel, page 178
- The supervisors have been turned out of office, but now that they are not preoccupied with graft they may turn their attention to footpadding or second-story work.1907, San Francisco Daily Times - Volume 16, page 7
Forms of footpadding
| plural | footpaddings |
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Questions about footpadding
- What does footpadding mean?
- Footpadding means the crime of robbing of travelers on the road; footpaddery.
- What is footpadding the present participle and gerund of?
- Footpadding is the present participle and gerund of footpad.
- What part of speech is footpadding?
- Footpadding is a noun.
- What is the plural of footpadding?
- The plural of footpadding is footpaddings.
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