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

Example Sentences

The Canadian ship can also do a heel-and-toe roll, which the tanker�three times its size �cannot.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I am something of a heel-and-toe boater, it wasn't easy to abandon tradition�but I had no choice.

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

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

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

From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Schoonover, Frank Earle