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Definition: Flatfoot |
FlatfootNoun1. A policeman who patrols a given region. 2. A foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A condition in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out. (references) |
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Synonyms: FlatfootSynonyms: patrolman (n), pes planus (n), splayfoot (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Barefaced Flatfoot (1951) | |
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| "Flatfoot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Flatfoot" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
flatfoot | 44 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "flatfoot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shputë e rrafshët, dystaban (flat-footed). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | моряк (hearty, jolly, mariner, navigator, sailor, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, swab, tar, tarpaulin), полицай (bluebottle, bull, constable, cop, copper, fuzz, grass, gumshoe, jemadar, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, pendant, peon, pig, pointsman, police officer, policeman, rozzer, runner, shamus, slop, trap), плоско стъпало. (various references) | |
Czech | ploché nohy. (various references) | |
German | Bulle (bull). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zsaru (cop, mug copper, mug john), rendőr (constable, sleuth), lúdtalp (flat foot, splay foot, splay-foot), hekus (busy, cop, copper, gumshoe, tail), detektív (detective, sleuth). (various references) | |
Italian | piede piatto (splayfoot). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 扁平足 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | へんぺいそく (flat foot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atfootflay.(various references) | |
Russian | плоскостопие (fallen arches). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ravan taban, policajac (bobby, constable, cop, jack, officer, patrolman, peace officer, police constable, police officer, policeman, portreeve, sowar, trooper). (various references) | |
Swedish | snut (bogey, cop, fuzz, gendarme, gumshoe, Paddy, pig, shamus), polis (police, cop, police officer, policeman), plattfot (fallen arch). (various references) | |
Turkish | polis (bluebottle, Bobby, bull, cop, copper, flattie, fuzz, patrolman, peeler, police, policeman, policewoman, rozzer, the force, the heat), düztaban (flat feet, flat-footed, plantigrade, splayfoot, splayfooted), aynasız (bluebottle, Bobby, bull, cop, copper, flattie, fuzz, peeler, pig, rozzer, shamus, the heat, wretch). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | плоскостопість (splayfoot). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flatfoot": flatfooted, flatfooting, flatfoots. (additional references) | |
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"Flatfoot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: flatout. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-l-o-o-t-t" | |
-3 letters: afoot, aloft, aloof, float, flota, loofa, lotto, offal, total. | |
-4 letters: alto, flat, foal, fool, foot, loaf, loft, loof, loot, lota, otto, toff, toft, tola, tool, toot. | |
-5 letters: aff, aft, alt, att, fat, lat, loo, lot, oaf, oat, off, oft, oot, tao, tat, too, tot. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-f-l-o-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: flatfoots, footfault. | |
+2 letters: flatfooted, footfaults. | |
+3 letters: flatfooting, footfaulted. | |
+4 letters: footfaulting. | |
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