Footy

//ˈfʊti// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having foots (settlings). British, dated, dialectal

    "footy oil or molasses"

  2. 2
    Of bad quality; mean, poor. British, dated, dialectal

    "[N]obody wants you to shoot crooked. Take good iron to it, and not footy paving-stones."

Noun
  1. 1
    Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand). Ireland, UK, uncountable
  2. 2
    The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer. Australia, uncountable

    "But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son."

  3. 3
    The ball used in a game of footy. Australia, countable

    "Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by."

  4. 4
    A short sock. countable, plural-normally, uncountable
  5. 5
    A football fan. countable, slang

    "Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it."

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  1. 6
    Footsy (flirting game where two people touch their feet together). countable, uncountable

    "He didn't even play footy under the table. I kept wishing he would!"

  2. 7
    A footjob. countable, informal, uncountable

    "he's getting a footy under the table"

Etymology

Compare Dutch vochtig.

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