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footy

noun
/ˈfʊti/

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”).

  1. derived from foutu

Definitions

  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…

    The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.

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

  3. The ball used in a game of footy.

    • Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A short sock.

    2. A football fan.

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

    3. Footsy (flirting game where two people touch their feet together).

      • He didn't even play footy under the table. I kept wishing he would!
      • […] playing footy under the table with Bee Amidon finished that for her.

    4. A footjob.

      • he's getting a footy under the table

    5. Having foots (settlings).

      • footy oil or molasses

    6. Of bad quality

      Of bad quality; mean, poor.

      • [N]obody wants you to shoot crooked. Take good iron to it, and not footy paving-stones.
      • 'Those sketches look rather footy,' I said; 'but I had to put something in my notebook.'

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No curated loop yet for footy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA