toe
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
toe/təʊ/
▶noun
- 1 any of the five digits at the end of the human foot.
■ any of the digits of the foot of a quadruped or bird.
- 2 the lower end, tip, or point of something.
■ the tip of the head of a golf club.
- 1 push, touch, or kick with one's toes.
■ Golf strike (the ball) with the toe of the club.
- 2 (toe in/out) walk with the toes pointed in (or out).
■ (of a pair of wheels) converge (or diverge) slightly at the front.
– phrases
make someone's toes curl informal bring about an extreme reaction of delight or disgust in someone.
on one's toes ready and alert.
toe the line comply with authority, especially under pressure.
turn up one's toes informal die.
make someone's toes curl informal bring about an extreme reaction of delight or disgust in someone.
on one's toes ready and alert.
toe the line comply with authority, especially under pressure.
turn up one's toes informal die.
– derivatives
toed adjective,
toeless adjective.
toed adjective,
toeless adjective.
– origin OE tā, of Gmc origin.
'toe' also found in these Oxford entries:
artiodactyl
- ball
- bunion
- Chelsea boot
- cowboy boot
- dewclaw
- digit
- digitigrade
- dip
- frappé
- hallux
- hammer toe
- little toe
- monodactyl
- nail
- peep-toe
- perissodactyl
- phalanx
- podagra
- pollex
- stub
- tabi
- tap
- telemark
- tick-tack-toe
- tic-tac-toe
- tippy-toe
- toe-curling
- toe loop
- toenail
- toe-tapping
- top
- trip
- Turkish slipper
- vinculum
- winkle-picker
