footpad
footpad · footpads · footpadded · footpadding
To sneak on footTo sneak on foot.
» Jerry Abershawe was a notorious footpad.
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2 sensesTo sneak on foot.
(archaic)To rob travellers on the road.
Examples
1 sentencesJerry Abershawe was a notorious footpad.
Origin
From foot + pad.From foot + pad.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
footpads, footpadding, footpadded, footpadded| Base form | footpad · to footpad |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | footpads |
| Present participle | footpadding |
| Past simple | footpadded |
| Past participle | footpadded |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.