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Definition of Footwork
1. Noun. The manner of using the feet.
2. Noun. Skillful maneuvering or dealing. "She needs some fancy footwork to cover all those lies"
Definition of Footwork
1. Noun. Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement. ¹
2. Noun. (cricket) The movement of a batsman's feet as he prepares to hit or evade a ball ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Footwork
1. the use of the feet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footwork
Literary usage of Footwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis by Jahial Parmly Paret (1922)
"Cardinal Points to Keep in Mind Up on Your Toes All the Time V. footwork FOUR
CARDINAL POINTS TO REMEMBER: 1—Keep up on the toes whenever the ball is it ..."
2. First Steps to Lawn Tennis by Alfred Ernest Beamish (1922)
"footwork Is a term capable of a double interpretation, one general and the other
special. It can be defined in its general sense as the manner in which the ..."
3. Mass Physical Training for Use in the Army and the Reserve Officers by Joseph Edward Raycroft (1920)
""footwork" is moving in any direction with short shuffling steps keeping feet in
the same relative position all the time. NOTE: Generally speaking the right ..."
4. The Art of Lawn Tennis by William Tatem Tilden (1922)
"GRIP, footwork, AND STROKES footwork is weight control. ... In explaining the
various forms of stroke and footwork I am writing as a right-hand player. ..."
5. Baseball Notes for Coaches and Players by Elmer Berry (1916)
"Watch the footwork. Get balance and throw before coming up. Tagging. ... Study the
footwork so that you can shift for any ball. Locate the bag so that you ..."
6. Golf from Two Sides by Roger Henry Wethered, Joyce Wethered (1922)
"A boy, however promising he may appear, is apt to become slipshod as far as his
footwork is concerned. In the back swing his tendency to pivot upon the very ..."
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