English Explanatory Dictionary

footy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
  2. The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.
  3. The ball used in a game of footy.
  4. A short sock.
  5. A football fan.
  6. Footsy (flirting game where two people touch their feet together).
  7. A footjob.
adj
  1. Having foots (settlings).
  2. Of bad quality; mean, poor.

Pronunciation

/ˈfʊti/ EN-AU ck1 footy.ogg /ˈfʉte/ /fʉtɪ/ /fʉti/

Word forms

footy footies footie more footy most footy foughty

Etymology

Compare Dutch vochtig. In the senses “insignificant, paltry; poorly kept, shoddy” Merriam-Webster suggests derivation from French foutu, past participle of foutre (“to copulate, fuck, screw”).

Synonyms

dreggish dreggy

Derived words

footy tipping touch footy
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