turf toe
noun
: 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
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His turf toe injury is the latest of a string of issues that have plagued his career.
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The bye should treat him, and his recovering turf toe, well.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
But something was missing after agreeing to a contract extension worth a maximum of $265 million and then being sidelined for eight games with turf toe.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a turf toe injury in Week 2 and missed the next nine weeks as his team cratered to a 3-8 record, with commentators making their case for why neither the Bengals, nor Burrow, were best-served by continuing to play him.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The bye should treat him, and his recovering turf toe, well.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
But something was missing after agreeing to a contract extension worth a maximum of $265 million and then being sidelined for eight games with turf toe.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow suffered a turf toe injury in Week 2 and missed the next nine weeks as his team cratered to a 3-8 record, with commentators making their case for why neither the Bengals, nor Burrow, were best-served by continuing to play him.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Turf toe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turf%20toe. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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turf toe
noun
: a minor but painful usually sports-related injury involving hyperextension of the big toe that results in spraining or tearing of the ligament of the metatarsophalangeal joint
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