great toe

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. big toe.

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Example Sentences

He goes on: “The great toe is the sixth part of the foot.… When the arm is bent, the fleshy part shrinks to two-thirds of its length.…”

From Literature

“I also have them perform calf raises with a yoga block or small ball gently squeezed between the ankles to keep the lifting load over the great toe and the center of the foot.”

From Washington Post

Famously, Jamaican singer Bob Marley died of such a melanoma on his great toe, but sunscreen would not have helped.

From Washington Post

My left foot was crushed, the great toe and first metatarsal shattered, while pieces of the first, second and third metatarsals exploded out through the top and bottom of my foot.

From Washington Post

“For the one or the other plays the rogue with my great toe.”

From New York Times