bowlegged
3
6.8
- adjective
- /ˈboʊˌlɛɡɪd/
:
arqueado
- You look like a bunch of bowlegged cows!
- bowlegged gait
- bowlegged walk
- bowlegged man
Examples
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Both races were short and bowlegged, with stooped bodies.
Fiction book (2002) -
Get up off your two bowlegged pins if you want it and come get it.
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She looks a little bowlegged to me, Al.
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Fortunately, there was a--ha ha-- a skinny, bowlegged girl who was filled with dreams,
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BEAN rounds a corner and walks towards us, imitating a bowlegged cowboy.
Fiction book (1997) -
A stall door slammed open and a short, bowlegged redhead popped out.
Fiction book (2002) -
We basked in their short smiles and undertones of "lucky bastard" as they walked away, bowlegged, moving slowly through the flowing sun.
Fiction book (2000) -
A man had advanced from the interior of the shop to stand by the doorway of the parlour, a man about Christy's age, but short and bowlegged.
Fiction book (2000) -
She had been drawn to him because he was a successful bull rider, because he was bowlegged and uncomfortable without his dusty cowboy hat jammed tightly on his head.
Fiction book (1992) -
Most toddlers appear bowlegged as their legs develop and strengthen.
Synonyms
3
8.1
Having legs that curve outward at the knees when standing
2
6.6
Legs that curve outward at the knees and leave a space between them when the feet are together
1
8.6
Legs that curve outward at the knees and look like a bow
Having legs that curve outward at the knees so the knees are far apart when standing with feet together
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bowlegged comes from bow meaning 'curved', like the wooden bow used to shoot arrows, and leg, so it describes legs that look curved outward at the knees.