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Rareflatfooted
The correct spelling is flatfooted.
How to pronounce flatfooted
verb
Say it like: Fla-tfoo-ted
The correct spelling is flatfooted. To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating. For example: "They were caught flatfooted when Clancy filed to enter the race."
Usage Examples
“They were caught flatfooted when Clancy filed to enter the race.”
Meanings
verb
- 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.
- 5.To wrongfoot.
adjective
- 1.Having flat feet.
- 2.Blunt and unsubtle; lacking finesse.
adverb
- 1.Unprepared to respond; unready.
- 2.Putting the entire foot down at once, rather than landing on the ball of the foot and then lowering the rest of the foot.
- 3.With one's feet flat on the ground.
- 4.(of drinking) Without pausing between swallows.
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