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Meaning of pedipulation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Dexterous manipulation of objects using the feet.
    rare, uncountable, usually
  2. An instance of such manipulation.
    countable, rare, usually

Examples

“It is a rather amusing sight to see the native and his "lubra," or wife. . . . [T]heir remarkable power of pedipulation is a serviceable agent to them, for any small article which excites their cupidity they can take up with the toe, pass it up the back, and then conceal it in the girdle.”
“We understand that this clutch can be slipped to the uttermost by pedipulation.”
“If ever they attempt a revival of their trade, they would do well to photograph beauties in shorts pumping away, with the unmistakable inference that such pulchritude and shapeliness were the results of diligent pedipulation of the player piano.”
“A completely stepwise online pedipulation planning method is proposed . . . based on the general solution of the equation of motion of an approximate dynamical biped model whose mass is concentrated at the center of mass.”
“At their turning-lathes, they employ their toes to guide the chisel; and, in these pedipulations, shew to Europeans a diverting degree of address.”
“He had put his feet out on the floor and was feeling for his slippers with blind pedipulations.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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