noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A young woman. informal
2. 2
   A toe. childish, informal

   "And a hoofer by the name of Buck Wing was gettin' ready to shake his tootsies!"

3. 3
   A foot, especially that of a woman or child. archaic, informal

Example

More examples

"Does anyone really know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?"

Etymology

From tootsy-wootsy, originally a playful or nursery name for a small foot, from childish pronunciation of foot.

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