Meanings
comparative more pigeon-toed · superlative most pigeon-toed
- Having toes that point inwards.
Alison Bechdel greets readers ass up, slightly pigeon-toed, her hair a mess, her belly sticking out, her head visible between her legs in a not-svelte downward dog: “Oh, hey! I didn’t see you there!”
2021 May 12, Elizabeth Weil, “It’s Time to Sweat It Out and Get Pumped With Alison Bechdel”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: peristeropod, peristeropodous, parrot-toed · Antonyms: duck-footed, splayfooted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving toes that point inwards.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving feet that turn inward
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Latin falcō, faltō
- falcōfeet pointed inwards
- faltōfeet pointed inwards
Māori hape, waehape
- hapefeet pointed inwards
- waehapefeet pointed inwards
Tagalog pingkaw ang paa
- pingkaw ang paafeet pointed inwards
Cite this entry
pigeon-toed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigeon-toed
“pigeon-toed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigeon-toed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pigeon-toed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigeon-toed.
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