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heavy-footed

heavy-footed adjective: slow-moving. Also the simple past and past participle of heavy-foot.

Adjective

heavy-footed (comparative more heavy-footed, superlative most heavy-footed)

  1. (idiomatic) Slow-moving.
    • Nani's 76th-minute goal summed up Birmingham's state of mind as he skipped across the screen of their heavy-footed defence to slam a powerful goal past Foster from 15 yards into the corner of the net.2011 January 22, “Man Utd 5 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC

Also used as

heavy-footed is also the simple past and past participle of heavy-foot.

Forms of heavy-footed

comparativemore heavy-footed
superlativemost heavy-footed

Phrases with heavy-footed

Questions about heavy-footed

What does heavy-footed mean?
Heavy-footed means slow-moving.
What part of speech is heavy-footed?
Heavy-footed is an adjective.

Words near heavy-footed in the dictionary

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

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