fleetfooted

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adjective

Swift on one's feet.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivefleetfooted (comparative more fleetfooted, superlative most fleetfooted)

comparative more fleetfooted · superlative most fleetfooted · alternative fleet-footed · alternative fleet footed

  1. Swift on one's feet.

    But the volume is also an introspective self-portrait, set down in the same fluent, fleet-footed prose that made his 1995 book “Dreams From My Father” such a haunting family memoir.”

    2020 December 8, Michiko Kakutani, “Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    1 more example

    It would take a few more beers, but when the liquid courage kicked in, his wobbly legs were unable to keep pace with the fleetfooted waitress, who rolled her eyes, smiling, and finally twirled away.

    2007 August 12, Andrew Gensler, “Dancing Away the Heartache, Tacos Included”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: fleet of foot, fleet

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSwift on one's feet.

Origin

Translations

Ancient Greek ταχύπους, ποδώκης
  • ταχύπους (takhúpous)swift on one's feet
  • ποδώκης (podṓkēs)swift on one's feet
Bulgarian бързоног
  • бързоног (bărzonog)swift on one's feet
German schnellfüßig
  • schnellfüßigswift on one's feet
Hebrew קל רגליים
  • קל רגלייםswift on one's feet
Italian lesto di gambe
  • lesto di gambeswift on one's feet
Latin properipēs
  • properipēsswift on one's feet
Māori māngi
  • māngiswift on one's feet
Polish wiatronogi
  • wiatronogiswift on one's feet
Romanian iute de picior
  • iute de piciorswift on one's feet
Spanish rápido, veloz
  • rápidoswift on one's feet
  • velozswift on one's feet
  • alígeroswift on one's feet
Swedish snabbfotad, flyfotad
  • snabbfotadswift on one's feet
  • flyfotadswift on one's feet
Cite this entry
APA

fleetfooted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleetfooted

MLA

“fleetfooted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleetfooted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleetfooted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleetfooted.

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