feetfirst
Toes before head
Feetfirst means with the feet leading, as opposed to headfirst: She slid feetfirst down the water slide.
The term often appears in contexts involving entering water, going down slides, or being carried—corpses traditionally exit a building feetfirst.
Figuratively, to go somewhere feetfirst suggests being carried out dead: I'm not leaving this house until I go out feetfirst.
Hastily and recklessly
- plungeSudden steep descent
- cannonballRound artillery ammunition
- bellyflopFlat-front water landing
- jackknifeFolding pocket blade
jump · leap · splash · entry · submerge · descend · drop · splashdown
Sudden steep descent
- leapSudden springing movement
- headlongHastily and recklessly
- boldCourageous and daring
- decisiveQuick to conclude
wholehearted · unhesitating · direct · immediate · spontaneous · impulsive · all-in
Rope-controlled descent technique
- abseilingControlled rope descent
- slidingMoving smoothly across surface
- tobogganingSliding downhill on snow
- lugeFeet-first racing sled
skeleton · chute · zipline · ladder · lowering · shaft · well · manhole
Rear of barrel
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- obstetricsChildbirth medicine branch
headlong
Hastily and recklessly
- plungeSudden steep descent
- cannonballRound artillery ammunition
- bellyflopFlat-front water landing
jackknife · jump · leap · splash · entry · submerge · descend · drop · splashdown · pool
plunge
Sudden steep descent
decisive · wholehearted · unhesitating · direct · immediate · spontaneous · impulsive · all-in
rappelling
Rope-controlled descent technique
- abseilingControlled rope descent
- slidingMoving smoothly across surface
- tobogganingSliding downhill on snow
luge · skeleton · chute · zipline · ladder · lowering · shaft · well · manhole
breech
Rear of barrel
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- presentationFormal display to viewers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
obstetrics · midwife · birthing · newborn · emergence
feetfirstheadfirst
Entering crown-first
head-first · headlong · diving · face-first · nosedive
feetfirstheadfirst
Entering crown-first
headlong · recklessly · rashly · impetuously · heedlessly
first, feet, footing, footprint, footstep, firstly, firstborn, footer, forefoot