pigeon-toe

verb

intransitive verb

: to walk with toes turned in

will go pigeon-toeing off

—J. A. Phillips

transitive verb

: to go along with toes turned in

pigeon-toed his way into the new editor's presence

—Eugene Field

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from pigeon-toed

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