Antonyms for legged


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leg-id, legd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛg ɪd, lɛgd


Definition of legged

Origin :
  • "to use the legs; walk or run," c.1500 (from the beginning usually with it); from leg (n.).
  • As in walk : verb move along on foot
Example sentences :
  • Like all of the coleoptera, the Mercurians were hexapoda (six legged).
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • I dropped that frying-pan, and I legged it for the cabin for all I was worth.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • He legged it for the ridge, blind to everything but his desperate need to escape.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He expected to get 'legged,' and get out of the army, but he has been sucked in.
  • Extract from : « Six Years in the Prisons of England » by A Merchant - Anonymous
  • But, if these clumsy fishers could run, Phorenice was like a legged snake for speed.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
  • Every one of these seeds, too, will be found to be winged or legged in another fashion.
  • Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau
  • Tom had to run for second and he legged it with might and main.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys Down East » by Arthur M. Winfield
  • Tom kept on, swung wide around first, and then legged it for second.
  • Extract from : « Batting to Win » by Lester Chadwick
  • The burros bolted back on them, and they just legged it out of the way.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of The Barranca » by Herman Whitaker
  • Moreover, he 219 legged it, which was exactly what I was certain he meant to do.
  • Extract from : « The Moonlit Way » by Robert W. Chambers

Synonyms for legged

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