"footy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more footy [comparative], most footy [superlative]
Etymology: Compare Dutch vochtig. Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|vochtig}} Dutch vochtig Head templates: {{en-adj}} footy (comparative more footy, superlative most footy)
  1. Having foots or settlings. Tags: Britain, dated, dialectal
    Sense id: en-footy-en-adj-73aAQmx3
  2. Of bad quality; mean, poor. Tags: Britain, dated, dialectal
    Sense id: en-footy-en-adj-T5fJwACr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foughty
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈfʊti/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 footy.ogg [Australia] Forms: footies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊti Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} footy (countable and uncountable, plural footies)
  1. (uncountable, Britain) Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) Tags: Britain, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-footy-en-noun-mvP3q~ZX Disambiguation of Sports: 5 6 42 39 7 0 0 Categories (other): British English
  2. (uncountable, Australia) The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer. Tags: Australia, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-footy-en-noun-09tCZ3ia Disambiguation of Sports: 5 6 42 39 7 0 0 Categories (other): Australian English
  3. (countable, Australia) The ball used in a game of footy. Tags: Australia, countable
    Sense id: en-footy-en-noun-AVbTp1GP Categories (other): Australian English
  4. (usually in the plural) A short sock. Tags: countable, plural-normally, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footy-en-noun-rNwzCpFN
  5. A football fan. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-footy-en-noun-UVPrwoF3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: footie Derived forms: footy tipping, touch footy
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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