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flatfoot

verb 5
noun 4
forms 4

verb5

•
To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.
- And even if they didn't know about her they might know this was his old neighborhood and go flatfooting around asking. — 1936
•
To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.
- Casewell, George, and Steve had the crowd flatfooting across the floor in no time. — 2014
To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
To wrong-foot.
•
To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.
- “Thanks, Kate,” Bill Bingley said, laying down a screw gun and flatfooting the Coke she handed him. — 2012

noun4

[in the plural] A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.
(informal, disapproving) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman.
A person having the above condition.
(informal, slang) A sailor.

forms

flatfooted · flatfooting · flatfoots · flatfeet

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