Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A highwayman who robs on foot; specifically, one of a large class, existing in Europe when police authority was still in an ineffective condition, who made a business of robbing people passing on horseback or in carriages.
- noun A pad fitted over the sole of a horse's foot to prevent balling in snow.
- noun An anklet of leather strapped on a horse's foot to prevent interfering; a boot.
- noun In entomology, a cushion-like expansion on the lower surface of the tarsal joints: applied especially to the onychium, or membranous cushion between the tarsal claws. Also called
foot-cushion and pulvillus. See cut underflesh-fly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A highwayman or robber on foot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The soft underside of an animal's
paw . - noun medicine A medicated bandage for the treatment of
corns andwarts . - noun archaic A
thief on foot who robs travellers on the road. - noun Australia (also "foot pad") An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a highwayman who robs on foot
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Examples
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A footpad is a robber or thief specializing in pedestrian victims.
GoodShit 2010
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But at least there was one Border highwayman -- or is "footpad" here the more correct term?
Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang
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Ah, but those were the times when life was worth the living; when a man who went out by night knew not at which dark corner a "footpad" might leap upon and slay him; when wild beasts roamed the forest and the jungles, and there were savage men, and countries yet unexplored.
The Lost Continent 1916
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a "footpad" might leap upon and slay him; when wild beasts roamed the forest and the jungles, and there were savage men, and countries yet unexplored.
The Lost Continent Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Dance Dance Revolution is a game that syncs dance music to the gamer's steps on a touch-sensitive footpad, with varying levels of difficulty.
10-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Is The World's 'Dance Dance Revolution' Ace The Huffington Post 2011
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Arlo wondered if his wife noticed the gristly lumps that had formed along the old scar on Shadow's neck, where the footpad of Cody's dirt bike had caught her.
Deer Collage Carol Reid 2011
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Impossible in the falling snow to get a lock on my footpad.
'The Last Werewolf' 2011
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There have been dancing games before, of course, but they were rudimentary hopscotch affairs where you had to step on the right footpad at the right time.
Why talk to a computer? Surely talking to a human is traumatic enough? 2010
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That was like a DDR footpad setup in the stage right?
World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale on Vimeo 2010
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Caption: Mosaic of Phoenix lander footpad and blocks of water ice dubbed “Snow Queen” cleared of topsoil by descent rockets as spacecraft touched down near the frigid Martian North Pole on May 25, 2008.
If Phoenix Arises, Science could flow quickly | Universe Today 2010
brandelion commented on the word footpad
an excellent word, andrew.simone. thank you. :)
December 10, 2006
reesetee commented on the word footpad
a highwayman who robs on foot
February 2, 2007
seanahan commented on the word footpad
I always thought this word comes from the fact that a footpad is capable of moving softly on his feet, to sneak up on his victim.
February 3, 2007
bilby commented on the word footpad
"The fact that he was stopped by a footpad smote Tom Swift's mind as not a particularly surprising adventure. He had heard that several of that gentry had been plying their trade about the outskirts of the town."
- Victor Appleton, 'Tom Swift And His Electric Locomotive'.
August 28, 2009