duck-footed

See also: duckfooted

English

Alternative forms

• duckfooted

Adjective

duck-footed (comparative more duck-footed, superlative most duck-footed)

1. (informal) Having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.
   • 1901, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch:

     I am tired of these duck-footed Leydeners, who daren't wink at a donkey lest he should bray.

   • 1967 June 9, “Inefficient But Fast”, in Time:

     Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed—in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing.

Antonyms

• pigeon-toed