keds

K5E1D2S1

noun

Plimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

keds1

noun
  1. pluralplural of ked

KEDs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of KED

Keds3

nounKeds pl (normally plural, singular Ked)

singular Ked

  1. pluralplural normallyPlimsolls (canvas shoes with rubber soles) of the American brand Keds.

    Once far from the flooding light, Caleb pulled up short, and her Keds skidded out from under her on the damp pavement.

    2022, Dani Pettrey, The Deadly Shallows (Coastal Guardians; 3), Thorndike, Me.: Center Point Large Print, →ISBN, page 417
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    Now for any mid-century boy worth his Keds, mastery of the pea-shooter was a skill on a par with tree fort construction, delivering a satisfactory nuggy, and frying ants with sunshine and a magnifying glass.

    2018 July 11, Jerome Christenson, “An ode to the plastic straw”, in La Crosse Tribune, volume 115, number 57, La Crosse, Wis., →ISSN, page B2, column 4

    As I prepared myself by putting my Keds back on (I still take my shoes off at any opportunity), my mom mumbled something under her breath at my dad.

    2022, Jenny Pentland, This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 59

Origin

  1. Latinpedēs“feet”
  2. EnglishKeds

Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (“feet”), plural of pēs (“foot”).

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