feetfirst

See also: feet-first and feet first

English

Etymology

From feet +‎ first.

Adverb

feetfirst (not comparable)

1. With one's feet going first.
   • 1988 December 9, Ben Joravsky, “No-Ice Hockey”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     So DeCamilli, sliding feetfirst, undercuts the Bomber and sends him sliding into the wall.

   • 2012, Dottie Escobedo-Frank, ReStart Your Church‎^[2], →ISBN, page 90:

     When we are still worried about our lack of experience and ability to swim, we jump in feetfirst.

Adjective

feetfirst (not comparable)

1. With one's feet going first.
   • 1965, United States. 6570th Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories, AMRL-TR. - Issue 65‎^[3], page 22:

     On the feetfirst top-top with a 19-inch hole, your body is tilted to about a 35-degree angle on entry.

Related terms

• headfirst

Anagrams

• first-feet