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footy

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English

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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?)
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Etymology 2

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Compare Dutch vochtig.

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Adjective

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

  1. Having foots (settlings).[1]
    Synonyms: dreggish, dreggy
    footy oil or molasses
  2. Of bad quality; mean, poor.[1]

References

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