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Meaning of flat-footed

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

flat-footed

adjective

Definitions

  1. Having feet which are flat.

    Example: Bears are flat-footed animals.

  2. (of humans) Having the specific physical condition of flat feet.

  3. Holding firmly and maintaining a decision; standing one's ground.

  4. Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse.

adverb

Definitions

  1. Unprepared to act.

    Example: They caught us flat-footed.

verb

Definitions

  1. To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.

  2. To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.

  3. To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.

  4. To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.