Barefooter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Barefooter is a noun meaning One who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.
Meaning
One who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.
More Meanings
- A person who chooses not to wear shoes or socks.
Example Sentences
A barefooter can perform such tricks as one-foot barefoot, tumble turns, crossing wakes, and toehold barefoot. Wake crossing is achieved in much the same fashion as it is on two skis.
A Calgarian barefooter by the name of Jay Winkler doesn’t even let Canadian winters slow him down. He says he particularly loves bare-hoofing along a high mountain trail around Emerald Lake, B.C.
In 1950, a waterskiing competition in Florida included a barefoot waterskiing event. The barefooter who could barefoot water-ski for the longest time won this event. Barefooters began performing tricks such as tumbleturns and skiing backward in the early 1960s.
Within three weeks of beginning her paper route, Wise had become a 24/7 barefooter, and she no longer had pain in her knees. […] Wise became a barefooting activist after she was told by a manager at Market of Choice that she couldn’t be in the store without shoes.
Word Forms
- barefooters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include barefooting, waterskier, water-skier, skimboarder, kneeboarder, speedboat.
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