toeing

Verb

toe (third-person singular simple present toes, present participle toeing, simple past and past participle toed)

1. (transitive) To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe.
2. (intransitive, transitive) To touch, tap or kick with the toes.
   • "Here's ten shillings for you, but I'm going to toe your backside first!" said Manna. And the Dane let him kick away; his yellow teeth gleamed in a servile grin and then he clutched at the money.1927, Nordahl Grieg, The Ship Sails On, page 153
3. (transitive) To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to.
   • to toe the mark
4. (transitive) To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened.
   • The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
5. (transitive) To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club.

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