Home › Words › B › barefooterbarefooterbarefooter means one who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, barefooter ranks #456 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom barefoot + -er.nounOne who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.e.g.“A barefooter can perform such tricks as one-foot barefoot, tumble turns, crossing wakes, and toehold barefoot. Wake crossing is achieved in much the same fashion as it is on two skis.” — 1974, Kenneth Stephens, Waterskiing, page 91:A person who chooses not to wear shoes or socks.e.g.“A Calgarian barefooter by the name of Jay Winkler doesn’t even let Canadian winters slow him down. He says he particularly loves bare-hoofing along a high mountain trail around Emerald Lake, B.C.” — 1999 May 25, “The right to bare feet”, in Minden Times, page 7:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.barefooting 81% match — water skiing with bare feet (without water skis) vs barefooter →wakeboarder 61% match — Someone who takes part in wakeboarding. vs barefooter →barefoot 60% match — Wearing nothing on the feet. vs barefooter →skimboarder 60% match — One who takes part in the sport of skimboarding. vs barefooter →kneeboarder 59% match — One who surfs with a kneeboard. vs barefooter →barefooted 59% match — Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot. vs barefooter →barefootedness 58% match — The state of being barefoot vs barefooter →funboarder 58% match — A surfer who rides a funboard. vs barefooter →