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heavy-foot

heavy-foot verb: to walk with the gait of a large or heavy person; to move in a sturdy or plodding manner.

Verb

heavy-foot (third-person singular simple present heavy-foots, present participle heavy-footing, simple past and past participle heavy-footed)

  1. To walk with the gait of a large or heavy person; to move in a sturdy or plodding manner.
  2. To press down on a gas pedal hard, so as to speed quickly.

Forms of heavy-foot

third-person singular presentheavy-foots
present participleheavy-footing
past participleheavy-footed
pastheavy-footed

Questions about heavy-foot

What does heavy-foot mean?
Heavy-foot means to walk with the gait of a large or heavy person; to move in a sturdy or plodding manner.
What part of speech is heavy-foot?
Heavy-foot is a verb.
What is the past tense of heavy-foot?
The past tense of heavy-foot is heavy-footed.

Words near heavy-foot in the dictionary

  1. heavy-browed
  2. heavy-duty
  3. heavy-duty vehicle
  4. heavy-duty vehicles
  5. heavy-faced
  6. heavy-foot
  7. heavy-footed
  8. heavy-footed moa
  9. heavy-footed moas
  10. heavy-footing
  11. heavy-foots

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