footy
/ˈfʊti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.15 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
British usage; Uncountable
noun
The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.
Australian usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son."
- "Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by."
- "Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it."
- "He didn't even play footy under the table. I kept wishing he would!"
- "[…] playing footy under the table with Bee Amidon finished that for her."
- "he's getting a footy under the table"
Etymology
Compare Dutch vochtig. In the senses “insignificant, paltry; poorly kept, shoddy” Merriam-Webster suggests derivation from French foutu, past participle of foutre (“to copulate, fuck, screw”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: foutu
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.
Inflected Forms
footies (plural)
footie (alternative)
more footy (comparative)
most footy (superlative)
foughty (alternative)