feetfirst

[feet-furst]

adverb

1. with the feet foot foremost.

2. Slang.,  on a stretcher or in a coffin; dead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of feetfirst¹

First recorded in 1945–50; feet + first

Example Sentences

He had gone right down feetfirst, and nothing kept the sledge from following him but my weight, which held the rear third of the runners still on solid ice.

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The shoe poet leapt feetfirst off the ship, plummeting toward the sea.

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Here’s what happens when you jump feetfirst and arms flailing off of a thirty-foot cliff into the Pacific Ocean.

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I wanted to say, The only thing we stole was your eyebrow, but I kept mum as I swung myself feetfirst out the window.

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Both boys ran in at the Griever and jumped feetfirst at the creature, kicking out at the last second with every waning bit of strength.

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