"flatfoot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flatfoots [plural], flatfeet [plural]
Etymology: flat + foot. Doublet of platypus. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|foot}} flat + foot, {{doublet|en|platypus}} Doublet of platypus Head templates: {{en-noun|s|flatfeet}} flatfoot (plural flatfoots or flatfeet)
  1. (medicine, chiefly in the plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-noun-KsLg0s2B Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. A person having the above condition. Translations (condition): дюстабан (djustaban) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 鴨母蹄 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 鸭母蹄 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 扁平足 (bin² ping⁴ zuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 鴨乸蹄 (Chinese Cantonese), 鸭乸蹄 (aap³ naa² tai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 鴨屎蹄 (Chinese Cantonese), 鸭屎蹄 (aap³ si² tai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 捺屎蹄 (naat⁶ si² tai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 扁平足 (biǎnpíngzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 平足 (píngzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 平足症 (píngzúzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), lättäjalka (Finnish), lattajalka (Finnish), pied plat [masculine] (French), Plattfuß [masculine] (German), 鴨嫲蹄 (Hakka Chinese), 鸭嫲蹄 (ap-mà-tài) (Hakka Chinese), lúdtalp (Hungarian), leifteán [masculine] (Irish), 扁平足 (henpeisoku) (alt: へんぺいそく) (Japanese), płaskostopie [neuter] (Polish), platfus [masculine] (Polish), плоскосто́пие (ploskostópije) [neuter] (Russian), plattfot [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (person): дюстабанлия (djustabanlija) [masculine] (Bulgarian), lättäjalka (Finnish), lattajalka (Finnish), lúdtalpas ember (Hungarian), плоскосто́пный (ploskostópnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-noun-lG0I6kR4 Disambiguation of 'condition': 40 52 2 6 Disambiguation of 'person': 0 86 14 0
  3. (colloquial, archaic, derogatory, law enforcement) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman. Tags: archaic, colloquial, derogatory Categories (topical): Law enforcement, People Synonyms (police officer): police officer
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-noun-fsD9Q-B4 Disambiguation of People: 1 1 65 12 2 10 0 9 0 Topics: government, law-enforcement Disambiguation of 'police officer': 11 16 54 19
  4. (US, informal, military, slang) A sailor. Tags: US, informal, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-noun-Z5jKEcCS Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flatfooted

Verb

Forms: flatfoots [present, singular, third-person], flatfooting [participle, present], flatfooted [participle, past], flatfooted [past]
Etymology: flat + foot. Doublet of platypus. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|foot}} flat + foot, {{doublet|en|platypus}} Doublet of platypus Head templates: {{en-verb}} flatfoot (third-person singular simple present flatfoots, present participle flatfooting, simple past and past participle flatfooted)
  1. To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-verb-JituisV~ Categories (other): English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 17 8 9 15 22 6 6 13 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 6 10 8 31 2 3 14 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 7 11 13 30 2 4 12 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 7 9 9 42 2 4 9 2
  2. To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging. Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-verb-cEoIRNFG Disambiguation of Dance: 14 3 19 8 19 29 1 8 0
  3. To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-verb-kXlQ39Gm
  4. To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-verb-IvadoOlX
  5. To wrong-foot.
    Sense id: en-flatfoot-en-verb-~qMeHbzM

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    },
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Doublet of platypus",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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    {
      "form": "flatfoots",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "flatfeet",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground."
      ],
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          "medicine",
          "medicine"
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          "arch"
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        "(medicine, chiefly in the plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground."
      ],
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        "in-plural"
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        "A person having the above condition."
      ]
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        "(plural typically flatfoots) A policeman."
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          "derogatory"
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          "law enforcement"
        ],
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        "(colloquial, archaic, derogatory, law enforcement) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman."
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        "derogatory"
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        "English informal terms",
        "English slang",
        "en:Military"
      ],
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        "A sailor."
      ],
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        [
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          "military"
        ],
        [
          "sailor",
          "sailor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, informal, military, slang) A sailor."
      ],
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        "US",
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ],
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        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "sense": "police officer",
      "word": "police officer"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "djustaban",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дюстабан"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "bin² ping⁴ zuk¹",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "扁平足"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "鴨乸蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "aap³ naa² tai⁴",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "鸭乸蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "鴨屎蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "aap³ si² tai⁴",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "鸭屎蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "naat⁶ si² tai⁴",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "捺屎蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "鴨嫲蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "ap-mà-tài",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "鸭嫲蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鴨母蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "鸭母蹄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎnpíngzú",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "扁平足"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngzú",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "平足"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngzúzhèng",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "平足症"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "lättäjalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "lattajalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pied plat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Plattfuß"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "lúdtalp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leifteán"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんぺいそく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "henpeisoku",
      "sense": "condition",
      "word": "扁平足"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "płaskostopie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "platfus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploskostópije",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "плоскосто́пие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "condition",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "plattfot"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "djustabanlija",
      "sense": "person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дюстабанлия"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "lättäjalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "lattajalka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "lúdtalpas ember"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploskostópnyj",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "плоскосто́пный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flatfoot"
}

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      "form": "flatfoots",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flatfooting",
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      "form": "flatfooted",
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      "form": "flatfooted",
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1936, John Thomas McIntyre, Steps going down, page 19",
          "text": "And even if they didn't know about her they might know this was his old neighborhood and go flatfooting around asking.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1956, Lee Mortimer, Around the World Confidential, page 38",
          "text": "Meanwhile, a bobby placidly flatfooting his beat a few feet away recognized Marlene under the street lamp and naturally assumed the girls had too, and were merely trying to get her autograph.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 -, Adam Baron, SuperJack: A totally gripping thriller with a twist you won’t see coming",
          "text": "I'd spent a very long day flatfooting it round housing estates near Old Street, looking for a twelve-year-old boy who I'd never managed to find though the police eventually had, two weeks later.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walk",
          "walk"
        ],
        [
          "investigating",
          "investigate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Sarah Loudin Thomas, Appalachian Serenade (Appalachian Blessings): A Novella",
          "text": "Casewell, George, and Steve had the crowd flatfooting across the floor in no time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ],
        [
          "Appalachian",
          "Appalachian"
        ],
        [
          "clogging",
          "clogging"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Dana Stabenow -, A Grave Denied",
          "text": "“Thanks, Kate,” Bill Bingley said, laying down a screw gun and flatfooting the Coke she handed him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swallow",
          "swallow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inefficient",
          "inefficient"
        ],
        [
          "awkward",
          "awkward"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-05",
          "text": "In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thomas Müller flat-footed in a wide position.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wrong-foot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrong-foot",
          "wrong-foot"
        ]
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    }
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  "word": "flatfoot"
}

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