Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paddlefoot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pad-dle-foot
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the groundcrew.

Slang

Example Sentences

"The day after Tommy quit, a paddlefoot soldier on the base made a disparaging remark about Tommy to Sorrow Sorrel, the tail gunner, and Sorrow beat the living hell out of the paddlefoot."
"He was a paddlefoot undeniably, and it seemed that I might have spared myself any worry about a hero's death. Still, I could never quite get rid of the lurking notion that he was marked for sudden and outlandish extinction."

Etymology

From paddle + foot.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

paddlefeet (plural)

Questions

What does paddlefoot mean?: A member of the groundcrew.
Where does paddlefoot come from?: From paddle + foot.

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