flattie
/ˈflati
/(also flatty)
noun (plural flatties) informal
1A flat-heeled shoe.After so many seasons of crippling stilettos, the flattie fights back....
- The heels have also worn down so far the shoes have become flatties, instead of the fashionable high heels they once were.
- However young and crazed by ‘vintage’, no one will be going out wearing square-toed flatties with space-age mini dresses, that's a given.
2A flatfish.It usually takes between 15 and 30 minutes to get one of these big flatties to give in and move off the seabed....
- On the other hand, don't wait forever as you don't want the little flatties to swallow the hook.
- Plenty of interest in the day, and night divers can expect to encounter flatties, including the occasional ray, octopus, small cuttlefish and lobster.
3A flatboat.
4 dated A police officer.
Late 19th century: informal abbreviation of flatfoot
