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

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

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

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

Doc Rand, before the fireplace, flapping his long black coat-tails in time to his heel-and-toe teeter, blinked at her through lenses which had become unaccountably misty.

From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker