heel-and-toe

American  

[heel-uhn-toh] / ˈhil ənˈtoʊ /

adjective

1. noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.

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heel-and-toe British  

adjective

1. of or denoting a style of walking in which the heel of the front foot touches the ground before the toes of the rear one leave it

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verb

1. (intr) (esp in motor racing) to use the heel and toe of the same foot to operate the brake and accelerator

Etymology

Origin of heel-and-toe

First recorded in 1810–20

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Example Sentences

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heel-and-toe

Lenore Nicholson-Woodward, 69, a bona fide "little old lady from Pasadena," almost overran the escort vehicles with her impatient heel-and-toe style.

From Time Magazine Archive

But my four-wheel fleet is somewhat dated and the sophisticated late-model technology I encountered was a far cry from the heel-and-toe clutching and braking I was familiar with.

From Time Magazine Archive

And on his library mantel is a cup given him for winning a heel-and-toe walking race at a fair near Poughkeepsie in 1921.

From Time Magazine Archive

This scrummage with the Revenge will be no dancin' heel-and-toe.

From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover

It was after nine o'clock when, riding Comet, he saw the schoolhouse lamps winking at him through the oaks and heard the merry music of fiddle and guitar in the frolic of a heel-and-toe polka.

From Six Feet Four by Jackson Gregory

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