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paddlefoot

paddlefoot noun: a member of the groundcrew.

Noun

paddlefoot (plural paddlefeet)

  1. (slang) A member of the groundcrew.
    • The day after Tommy quit, a paddlefoot soldier on the base made a disparaging remark about Tommy to Sorrow Sorrel, the tail gunner, and Sorrow beat the living hell out of the paddlefoot.1944, Oram C. Hutton, Andrew A. Rooney, Air Gunner, page 116
    • He was a paddlefoot undeniably, and it seemed that I might have spared myself any worry about a hero's death. Still, I could never quite get rid of the lurking notion that he was marked for sudden and outlandish extinction.1968, MacKinlay Kantor, The Day I Met a Lion, page 34

Forms of paddlefoot

pluralpaddlefeet

Origin of paddlefoot

From paddle + foot.

Questions about paddlefoot

What does paddlefoot mean?
Paddlefoot means a member of the groundcrew.
What part of speech is paddlefoot?
Paddlefoot is a noun.
What is the plural of paddlefoot?
The plural of paddlefoot is paddlefeet.

Words near paddlefoot in the dictionary

  1. paddled
  2. paddled one's own canoe
  3. paddlefeet
  4. paddlefish
  5. paddlefishes
  6. paddlefoot
  7. paddleful
  8. paddlefuls
  9. paddleless
  10. paddlelike
  11. paddler

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