flatfooting

English

Verb

flatfooting

1. present participle and gerund of flatfoot

Noun

flatfooting (uncountable)

1. A traditional form of clogging danced in Appalachia.
   • 1995, Susan Eike Spalding, Jane Harris Woodside, Communities in Motion:

     Although square dancing is popular in the Coalfields of Kentucky, flatfooting, or "dancing" is currently the only old-time dancing in Dante.

   • 1998, Selma Jeanne Cohen, International encyclopedia of dance:

     Solo dancing (outside the context of the big circle dance) is known in various places as buck dance, flatfooting, hoe-down, jigging, sure-footing, and/or stepping.

   • 2003, The Old-time Herald: A Magazine Dedicated to Old-time Music:

     Evenings offer dances, flatfooting workshops, films, jam sessions, and slow jams for beginners.