fleet-footed

[ fleet-foot-id ]

/ ˈflitˈfʊt ɪd /

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adjective

able to run fast.

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Origin of fleet-footed

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby fleet-footed

fleet, fleet admiral, Fleet Air Arm, fleet ballistic missile submarine, fleet chief petty officer, fleet-footed, fleeting, fleet rate, Fleet Street, Fleetwood, Flegenheimer

How to use fleet-footed in a sentence

Or that “if you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.”
Ron Paul Got a Free Pass From the Press Until His Polls Soared|Howard Kurtz|December 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Parties of gentlemen on horseback, with their pack of hounds, hunt the fleet-footed deer.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No. 3, October 1899|Various
They are beautiful animals, strong and fleet-footed, but often savage with anyone but their master.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt|R. Talbot Kelly
The marines, led by their sergeant, charged after them till the greater number of the fleet-footed savages had disappeared.
The Missing Ship|W. H. G. Kingston

Need we say that this is the Scottish Earl, the father of our fleet-footed thralls, and that the dark-haired girl is Emma?
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne
In the darkness, on the steep and ragged descent the fleet-footed savages could almost keep pace with the horse.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley|Bertram Mitford

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