footy

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word footy. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word footy, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say footy in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word footy you have here. The definition of the word footy will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offooty, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

footy (countable and uncountable, plural footies)

  1. (uncountable, UK, Ireland) 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.
    • 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 118:
      But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son.
  3. (countable, Australia) The ball used in a game of footy.
    • 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 105:
      Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by.
  4. (usually in the plural) A short sock.
  5. (slang, countable) A football fan. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Dutch vochtig.

Alternative forms

Adjective

footy (comparative more footy, superlative most footy) (British, dialectal, dated)

  1. Having foots or settlings.[1]
    footy oil or molasses
  2. Of bad quality; mean, poor.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “footy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia