toe

Less common meanings

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   balletnoununcountable

   An advanced style of classical ballet, performed mainly by women on the tips of the feet in pointe shoes.

   After years of training, she now performs entire variations on toe.

   Her dance school offers tap and jazz for beginners and toe classes for older students.

   UsageUsually dance on toe, or before another noun: toe shoes, toe classes.

   Similarpointe

   Note

   A dancer's word for ballet performed on the tips of the feet in pointe shoes, traditionally by women. In formal dance terminology the technique is more often called pointe work. Source

   Checked 2 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

   • The ballet technique involves dancing on the tips of the feet in pointe shoes. en.wikipedia.org
   • The technique is traditionally associated with women. en.wikipedia.org
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   wheel anglenouncountable or uncountable

   The inward or outward angle of a road vehicle's wheels, where toe in means the wheels sit closer together at the front and toe out the reverse.

   The mechanic adjusted the front toe to sharpen the car's handling.

   Incorrect toe causes the tires to scrub and wear unevenly.

   Note

   Mechanics treat it as a quantity that can be positive or negative. Toe in is positive: the fronts of the wheels sit closer together than the backs. Toe out is negative, the reverse. Front toe in can steady a car in a straight line; front toe out can sharpen its turn-in. Set wrong, it scrubs the tires. As a mass noun it names the setting itself: adjust the toe, check the toe. Source

   Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts

   • Toe can be positive or negative: toe in means the wheel fronts are closer together; toe out means the reverse. en.wiktionary.org
   • These effects involve a trade-off: increased front toe-in generally improves straight-line stability but slows steering response; front toe-out can sharpen turn-in. en.wikipedia.org
   • Incorrect toe causes tire scrubbing. tirerack.com
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   crotch shapenounslangcountable or uncountable

   The visible outline of a woman's vulva pressing through tightly fitting clothing.

   Some brands add a lined front panel to their leggings to prevent camel toe.

   Several online reviews warned that the thin swimsuit could cause camel toe.

   Note

   A clipping of cameltoe, slang for the outline pressed through tight clothing. The short form leans heavily on context, since out of it a toe is just a toe. It is mostly heard in casual talk among people who already know the full word. It carries the same mildly vulgar edge as cameltoe and is best kept out of polite or formal settings. Source

   Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact

   • Cameltoe denotes the visible genital outline through tight clothing. en.wiktionary.org
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   bad golf hitverbtransitive

   To mishit a golf ball by striking it with the toe of the club rather than the center of the face.

   Amateurs often toe the ball when they stand too far from it.

   He toed his approach shot, leaving it well short of the green.

   Note

   The verb is built on the clubhead's own toe, the end farthest from the shaft. A toed shot comes off the outside of the face, often losing speed and curving offline. It is a verb of complaint, used almost entirely of a shot that has already gone wrong. Golfers will say a player toed it into the rough.

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   axe bladenouncountable or uncountable

   The upper end of the cutting edge of an axehead, opposite the heel at the lower end.

   A skilled feller keeps the toe of the axe keen for clean undercuts.

   He sharpened the toe of the axe first, then worked down toward the heel.

   Note

   Axe terms run against the foot they borrow from. The toe is the top corner of the cutting edge and the heel is the bottom, so on an axehead the toe sits higher, not lower. The heel-and-toe pairing echoes the carpenter's angled cut, which names its two sides the same way. Source

   Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

   • An axehead’s toe is the upper corner of its cutting edge; its heel is the lower corner. tgfa.telangana.gov.in
   • Carpentry also uses the paired names heel and toe for an angled cut. thisiscarpentry.com
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    speednounslangAustraliaNew Zealanduncountable

    Speed, energy, and vigor.

    The young sprinter still had plenty of toe left in the last fifty meters.

    Their team played with real toe in the second half, pressing for a goal.

    UsageUsually something a runner or horse has: plenty of toe, real toe.

    Similarpace, speed, energy, zip

    Note

    It belongs to sporting talk, where a runner or a horse with toe has the burst to pull clear over a short distance. Elsewhere it may simply puzzle a listener, who will hear a foot rather than speed.

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    verb

    To fasten one piece to another by driving a fastener at nearly a 45-degree angle through its side into the receiving piece.
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    noun

    The longer side of an angled or beveled cut.
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    verbrare

    To furnish a stocking, sock, or similar item with a toe.
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    noun

    A side projection at one end of, or between the ends of, a part such as a rod or bolt, by which the part is moved.
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    noun

    A projection on the rim of a revolving part that acts as a cam, lifting another part as it turns.
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    noun

    The bearing journal or pivot at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, supported in a step.
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    nounrare

    An individual person, referred to in a casual or figurative manner.