feetfirst
[ feet-furst ]
/ ˈfitˈfɜrst /
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adverb
with the feet foremost.
Slang. on a stretcher or in a coffin; dead.
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Words nearby feetfirst
feen, fee simple, fee-splitting, feet, fee tail, feetfirst, feet of clay, feet on the ground, feeze, FEF, Fehling's solution
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Example sentences from the Web for feetfirst
I released my grip, slid down the slope, and flopped feetfirst into the surprisingly warm water of the lake.
Air spurted from the two bottles, driving him downward feetfirst, directly at the heads of the Connies!
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin