big toe

noun

: the innermost and largest toe of the foot

called also great toe

Examples of big toe in a Sentence

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Turf Toe Turf toe is an injury that affects the ligaments of the big toe. Sarah Richards, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025 The stiff sole restricts the foot’s natural movement, specifically the joint at the big toe, called the the metatarsophalangeal, or MTP, joint. Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 20 Jan. 2025 Here’s another corrector that protects your big toe joint while also realigning your feet. Sara Coughlin, SELF, 17 Dec. 2024 The species with the divergent big toe probably could have climbed trees more efficiently than Au. afarensis, for example, and so might have focused on arboreal resources while Au. afarensis favored terrestrial ones. Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for big toe 

Word History

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of big toe was in 1699

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“Big toe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20toe. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

big toe

noun
: the innermost and largest toe of the foot

Medical Definition

big toe

noun
: the innermost and largest digit of the foot

called also great toe

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