footy

[ foo-tee ]

adjective

, Northern British Dialect.

, foo·ti·er, foo·ti·est.

1. poor; worthless; paltry.

footy

/ ˈfʊtɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   1. football
   2. ( as modifier )

      footy boots

Word History and Origins

Origin of footy¹

1740–50; variant of foughty musty; compare Old English fūht moist, damp (cognate with German feucht ); -y ¹

Example Sentences

“At the end of the day, it is just a game of footy,” he said last month of the prospect of making his union return in the Test arena.

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“We’re not professional footballers. We just love footy,” says Shen Yang.

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"I know once I finish here I will be straight into it. Footy is footy. It's a footy ball at the end of the day. It's just about playing."

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Make sure to call it 'footy', maybe wave a scarf around and all jump around at random times.

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"I've played footy since I was a kid," says Matthew Holmes, who at the age of 38 has heard plenty of locker room talk.

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