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:
      So DeCamilli, sliding feetfirst, undercuts the Bomber and sends him sliding into the wall.
    • 2012, Dottie Escobedo-Frank, ReStart Your Church‎, →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, page 22:
      On the feetfirst top-top with a 19-inch hole, your body is tilted to about a 35-degree angle on entry.
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