"footpad" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 footpad.ogg Forms: footpads [plural]
Etymology: From foot + pad. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|pad}} foot + pad Head templates: {{en-noun}} footpad (plural footpads)
  1. The soft underside of an animal's paw.
    Sense id: en-footpad-en-noun--EyVX65M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 17 28 23 5
  2. (medicine) A medicated bandage for the treatment of corns and warts. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-footpad-en-noun-5zvCH9Vh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 17 28 23 5 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (archaic) A thief on foot who robs travellers on the road. Tags: archaic Translations (thief on foot who robs on the road): Straßenräuber [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-footpad-en-noun-Z6QgkHYO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 17 28 23 5 Disambiguation of 'thief on foot who robs on the road': 1 1 82 16
  4. (Australia) An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-footpad-en-noun-t3L9zT4t Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 17 28 23 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 13 12 34 16 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 17 17 31 23 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 17 15 32 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 14 13 30 18 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foot pad (english: walking trail), foot-pad

Verb

Audio: EN-AU ck1 footpad.ogg Forms: footpads [present, singular, third-person], footpadding [participle, present], footpadded [participle, past], footpadded [past]
Etymology: From foot + pad. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|foot|pad}} foot + pad Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} footpad (third-person singular simple present footpads, present participle footpadding, simple past and past participle footpadded)
  1. (archaic) To rob travellers on the road. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-footpad-en-verb-vQs7ZMSQ Disambiguation of Crime: 6 7 9 11 61 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 17 28 23 5
  2. To sneak on foot. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-footpad-en-verb-1yVEqPfR Disambiguation of People: 0 0 36 7 2 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foot-pad

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "footpadded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "footpadded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1894, The Blue and Gold - Volume 21, page 172:",
          "text": "When Mr. Kaiser was footpadded last December, the scare seemed to penetrate even the quiet town of Berkeley.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Michael Talbot, To the ends of the earth, page 15:",
          "text": "Before that 'e footpadded round Covent Garden with a crew o' other masterless soldiers an' suchlike, calling 'imself \"Captain Gun\", as nasty a bill o' goods as ever slit your pocket or cut your throat,' Pope added, with loathing for the many thousands of defeated men who had limped home to live off the city streets which, by right and custom already belonged to established families of beggars and pickpockets, dog snatchers and cloak snitchers.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, James Thompson, Models of value: eighteenth-century political economy and the novel:",
          "text": "To his first investment, Jack adds the money stolen by footpadding, all of which comes to £94 (CJ, 77).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rob travellers on the road."
      ],
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        [
          "rob",
          "rob"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) To rob travellers on the road."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1926, Charles Leroy Edson, \"The Great American Ass\": An Autobiography, page 313:",
          "text": "But the joke is on me, for they unmasked me by footpadding me to the alley and stealing my clothes and shoes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Brian Jones, For mad Mary: poems, page 13:",
          "text": "My dreams are secret, footpadding through darkness for fear the day arrest them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Wallace Hamilton, Coming out, page 238:",
          "text": "\"And every little sneaky infidelity . . . every little back-alley footpadding to find some quickie with a hustler — where does that fit into the code?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To sneak on foot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sneak",
          "sneak"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "foot-pad"
    }
  ],
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}

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