footed

[ foot-id ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

-footed

Origin of footed¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; foot, -ed ³

The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.

There, so taken, caught in the act, flat-footed, we are obliged to make our stand.

Instead, it left the candidate scrambling and her campaign flat footed.

The U.S. was wrong-footed diplomatically and militarily humbled.

On Sunday the publisher was caught flat-footed and scrambling to respond to the leak.

It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.

Orellana was very warmly received by armed swift-footed females, which originated the fanciful name Amazonia.

Away ran the light-footed girl, ever ready to render a service to the old man, and to shield Gilbert from blame.

But almost at once a soft-footed servant appeared, saying that a man wanted to see Mr. Cordyce "about the dog."

When he is almost there the three happy children go down to the barn to watch their four-footed friends come home.

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