feetfirst

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adverb

With one's feet going first.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adverbfeetfirst (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith one's feet going first.

    So DeCamilli, sliding feetfirst, undercuts the Bomber and sends him sliding into the wall.

    1988 December 9, Ben Joravsky, “No-Ice Hockey”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016
    1 more example

    When we are still worried about our lack of experience and ability to swim, we jump in feetfirst.

    2012, Dottie Escobedo-Frank, ReStart Your Church, →ISBN, page 90
adjectivefeetfirst (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith one's feet going first.

    On the feetfirst top-top with a 19-inch hole, your body is tilted to about a 35-degree angle on entry.

    1965, United States. 6570th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, AMRL-TR. - Issue 65, page 22

Origin

From feet + first.

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Cite this entry
APA

feetfirst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feetfirst

MLA

“feetfirst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feetfirst. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feetfirst,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feetfirst.

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