single-foot

Questions about single-foot

What does single-foot mean?

single-foot means "a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in single-foot?

single-foot has 3 syllables: sin-gle--foot. The stress falls on "sin".

What is another word for single-foot?

Close synonyms include rack, rack. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is single-foot a common word?

single-foot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.