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Webster 1913 Edition


Footy

Foot′y

,
Adj.
1.
Having foots, or settlings;
as,
footy
oil, molasses, etc.
[Eng.]
2.
Poor; mean.
[Prov. Eng.]
C. Kingsley.

Definition 2024


footy

footy

English

Alternative forms

Noun

footy (plural footies)

  1. (uncountable, Britain) Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
  2. (uncountable, Australia) The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer
  3. (countable, Australia) The ball used in a game of footy.
  4. (chiefly plural) A short sock.

Adjective

footy (comparative more footy, superlative most footy)

  1. (Britain, dialect, dated) Having foots, or settlings.
    footy oil or molasses
  2. (Britain, dialect, dated) poor; mean
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Kingsley to this entry?)