heel-and-toe
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A dance move in which the dancer alternately places or taps the heel and then the toe of the same foot; also used of various other sequences involving heel and toe movements.
Uncountable
noun
An advanced driving technique that involves operating the throttle and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, facilitating normal activation of the clutch with the left foot.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[T]he young bachelors that wanted to show aff their dancin' an' their new pumps, an' their bright red or green an' yellow garthers, swore that it confused thim so that they cud nivir go rightly through the heel-and-toe, or cover-the-buckle, or any uv their best steps, but felt thimsilves always bedizzied an' bewildhered[.]"
- "It is most essential on a passage where the watches are heel and toe, four on, four off, that the watch below be a time of real rest."
- "Back when we'd started the heel-and-toe watches, I'd offset the schedule six hours in order to have both squadrons up and ready during the initial attack."