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n. a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the western North American prairie, having dark feet, a dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat. It is an endangered species. [ PJC ]

a. Having a cloven foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a clubfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Having palmate feet. (b) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep; suffering from fallen arches. [ wns=3 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Firm-footed; determined. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. clumsy; amateurish; pedestrian; unimaginative; plodding; as, flatfooted prose. [ PJC ]

4. Without reservation; without evasion or compromise; firm; as, a flat-footed refusal; a flatfooted denial. [ wns=4 ]
Syn. -- downright, forthright, foursquare, head-on, straightforward. [ PJC ]

5. With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. Unprepared and unable to react quickly; as, the new product caught their competitors flat-footed. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- unready. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

To catch (one) flatfooted to catch (a person) unprepared; to catch (a person) by surprise. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot; as, a footed candlestick. “Footed like a goat.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Footed is often used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) feet; as, fourfooted beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a foothold; established. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our king . . . is footed in this land already. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who travels by foot.
Syn. -- pedestrian, walker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

suff. a suffix designating something with a length of (so many) feet; -- used only in combinations with a numerical prefix; as, he is a six-footer; the golfer sank a 40-footer; his yacht is a 60-footer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having four feet; quadruped; as, fourfooted beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having a light, springy step; moving lightly and nimbly; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Opposite of heavy-footed. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Lobiped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having feet adapted for swimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having a distorted foot, or a clubfoot or clubfeet. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is six feet tall. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having a splayfoot or splayfeet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uncertain; inconstant; slippery. [ Obs. & R. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hastening to devour; furious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slow-footed. [ R. ] “Turtle-footed Peace.” Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having webbed feet; palmiped; as, a goose or a duck is a web-footed fowl. [ 1913 Webster ]