TURF TOE


Meaning of TURF TOE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from the occurrence of the injury among athletes who play on artificial turf

Date: 1981

: a minor but painful usually sports-related injury typically involving hyperextension of the big toe that results in spraining or tearing of the ligaments at the joint between the metatarsal and basal phalanx

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.