Flatfoot

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  flat foot \flat" foot`\, flatfoot \flat"foot`\ (Med.)
     A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that
     the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the
     deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot;
     splayfoot.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  flatfoot \flat"foot`\ n.
     a police officer, especially a foot patrolman. [slang]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flatfoot
       n 1: a policeman who patrols a given region [syn: {patrolman}]
       2: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened
          and spread out [syn: {splayfoot}, {pes planus}]
       [also: {flatfeet} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "flatfoot":
     Dogberry, John Law, beagle, bluecoat, bobby, bowlegs, bull,
     camelback, cleft palate, clubfoot, cop, copper, crookback,
     defacement, deformation, deformity, dick, disfigurement, eye,
     flattie, freakishness, gendarme, gumshoe, gumshoe man, harelip,
     hawkshaw, humpback, hunchback, knock-knee, kyphosis, lordosis,
     malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape,
     monstrosity, mutilation, peeler, pig, private eye, shamus,
     skip tracer, sleuthhound, splayfoot, spotter, swayback, talipes,
     tec, teratology, the cops, the fuzz, the law, torticollis,
     truncation, valgus, wryneck