fleetfooted

English

Alternative forms

• fleet-footed, fleet footed

Etymology

From fleet +‎ footed.

Adjective

fleetfooted (comparative more fleetfooted, superlative most fleetfooted)

1. Swift on one's feet.

   Synonyms: fleet of foot, fleet

   • 2007 August 12, Andrew Gensler, “Dancing Away the Heartache, Tacos Included”, in New York Times‎:

     It would take a few more beers, but when the liquid courage kicked in, his wobbly legs were unable to keep pace with the fleetfooted waitress, who rolled her eyes, smiling, and finally twirled away.

   • 2020 December 8, Michiko Kakutani, “Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     But the volume is also an introspective self-portrait, set down in the same fluent, fleet-footed prose that made his 1995 book “Dreams From My Father” such a haunting family memoir.”

Derived terms

• fleetfootedness

Translations

swift on one's feet

Bulgarian: бързоног (bǎrzonog) German: schnellfüßig (de) Greek: Ancient: ταχύπους (takhúpous), ποδώκης (podṓkēs) Hebrew: קל רגליים Italian: lesto di gambe Latin: properipēs Maori: māngi Polish: wiatronogi (poetic) Romanian: iute de picior Spanish: rápido (es), veloz (es), alígero (es) Swedish: snabbfotad (sv), flyfotad