"footsie" meaning in English

See footsie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfʊtsi/ [UK] Audio: En-au-footsie.ogg Forms: footsies [plural]
Etymology: From foot + -sie. Etymology templates: {{af|en|foot|-sie}} foot + -sie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} footsie (countable and uncountable, plural footsies)
  1. A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (flirting game): 以碰腳調情 (Chinese Mandarin), 以碰脚调情 (yǐ pèng jiǎo tiáoqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), pedalflirt [common-gender] (Danish), benflirt [common-gender] (Danish), voetjevrijen [neuter] (Dutch), jalkapeli (Finnish), faire du pied (French), Füßeln [neuter] (German), piedino [masculine] (Italian), benflørting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), but see flirt ze stopami [masculine] (Polish), заи́грывание (zaígryvanije) [neuter] (Russian), tåflört (Swedish), tåsex (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-footsie-en-noun-f4wkqmx- Disambiguation of 'flirting game': 94 0 6
  2. (childish) A foot. Tags: childish, countable, uncountable Translations ((childish) foot): 腳丫子 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚丫子 (jiǎoyāzi) (Chinese Mandarin), kinttu (Finnish), peton [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-footsie-en-noun-WpEZO1M1 Disambiguation of '(childish) foot': 10 81 9
  3. (slang) A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Translations (selfie of one's feet): 腳自拍 (Chinese Mandarin), 脚自拍 (jiǎo zìpāi) (Chinese Mandarin), omista jaloista otettu kuva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-footsie-en-noun-HIC7lyU0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sie, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sie: 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 9 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 7 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 6 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 3 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 7 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 6 71 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 5 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 8 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 6 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 5 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 25 6 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 5 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 6 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 4 73 Disambiguation of "selfie of one's feet": 13 13 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: footsy Derived forms: footsie-wootsies Related terms: feetsy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(childish) foot",
      "word": "kinttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(childish) foot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peton"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "selfie of one's feet",
      "word": "腳自拍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎo zìpāi",
      "sense": "selfie of one's feet",
      "word": "脚自拍"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "selfie of one's feet",
      "word": "omista jaloista otettu kuva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "footsie"
}

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