underfoot

1. 1.

   under the feet

   “trampled the beans underfoot”

   “green grass growing underfoot”
2. 2.

   in the way and hindering progress

   “a house with children and pets and toys always underfoot”

Questions about underfoot

What does underfoot mean?

underfoot means "under the feet". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in underfoot?

underfoot has 3 syllables: un-der-foot. The stress falls on "foot". In IPA it is /ˌʌndɚˈfʊt/.

Is underfoot a common word?

underfoot 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.

What rhymes with underfoot?

7 words rhyme with underfoot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.