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footy.

Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfʊti//ˈfʉte/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/fʉtɪ/Northern-Ireland, Scotland/fʉti/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).

    Ireland · UK · uncountable
  2. The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.

    Australia · uncountable
  3. The ball used in a game of footy.

    Australia · countable
  4. Rugby union or rugby league.

    New-Zealand · uncountable
  5. A short sock.

    countable · plural-normally · uncountable
  6. A football fan.

    countable · slang
    Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it.
  7. Footsy (flirting game where two people touch their feet together).

    countable · uncountable
  8. A footjob.

    countable · informal · uncountable
adj
  1. Having foots (settlings).

    UK · dated · dialectal
    footy oil or molasses
  2. Of bad quality; mean, poor.

    UK · dated · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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”).

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