单词 | footy |
释义 | footyn. colloquial. 1. (a) Australian and New Zealand rugby or Australian Rules football. (b) British = football n. 2b. Cf. footer n.3 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] football1863 association1867 soccer1885 footy1900 the beautiful game1977 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] football1863 rugby1870 rugby football1882 rugger1889 footy1900 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > Australian football > [noun] football1859 footy1900 Aussie rules1918 Australian rules1925 Australian National Football1927 national football1958 1900 Auckland Weekly News 6 July (Suppl.) 8 The urchin across the road..has challenged him to a game of ‘footy’, as the youngsters call it. 1940 Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Jan. 40/2 When school came out I played footy, and picked a row with a kid and had a fight. 1949 Hilltop (N.Z.) 1 8 I got footie practice tonight. 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 44 A game a footee, a game of football. 1994 Daily Mirror 17 June 15 The new Nike ad features the ultimate footie team. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 June 12 The only time I exercise is when I play footie with my mates. 2. Originally North American. Chiefly in to play footy. a. The action of surreptitiously touching a person's foot or ankle with one's own foot, esp. under a table, as a playful expression of sexual attraction; = footsie n.1 2a. Also reduplicated.The more usual term is now footsie n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] > amorous play with the feet to play footee1917 1905 Yokohama Yarns 184 ‘He looks a bit footy too,’ rejoined Mrs. Masterton roguishly. ‘Footy, footy,’ stuttered Dicky, ‘afraid I don't quite catch on, what's that?’ ‘Sort of man who presses your foot under the table,’ replied Mrs. Masterson.] 1917 Smart Set Dec. 41 I played—footie with him!.. And he—Cornelius—thought it was Priscilla's foot! 1940 Daily Mirror 5 Dec. 8 Next time you men try to play ‘footy-footy’ under the table remember that your shoe laces have big, coarse tags that start runs in stockings. 1996 K. Fforde Wild Designs xxii. 246 She and Patrick had been holding hands and playing footy-footy. b. Covert negotiation or cooperation, esp. with people or organizations viewed as hostile to one's own interests or principles; = footsie n.1 2b. Also reduplicated.The more usual term is now footsie n.1 2b. ΚΠ 1947 K. Jaediker Tall, Dark & Dead ii. 36 I have neither the inclination nor the time to play footie with the police. 1971 Economist 7 Aug. 29/1 No sooner had he finished playing footy-footy with Mr Heath in May than M. Pompidou popped off to Brussels. 1998 D. M. Malone Decision-making in UN Security Council 244 Aristide's utterly irresponsible footy-footy with the Taiwanese..was pure provocation. 3. Originally and chiefly U.S. Usually in plural, as footies. a. Each of the (detachable) foot pieces attached to an all-in-one-garment such as a romper or pyjama suit, typically worn by an infant or small child. Hence, in later use: the suit itself, a romper or pyjama suit having feet. Frequently attributive in singular form as footie pyjamas, footie set, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun] playsuit1609 romper1902 romper suit1904 diving-suit1908 bunting1914 teddy bear1917 leotard1920 Sidcot1921 sleeper1921 romper1922 pressure suit1923 boiler suit1928 maillot1928 mono1937 footy1938 all-in-one1939 siren suit1939 goonskin1943 anti-g suit1945 G-suit1945 jump suit1948 immersion suit1951 moon suit1953 poopy suit1953 dry suit1955 wetsuit1955 sleepsuit1958 Babygro1959 tank suit1959 cat-suit1960 penguin suit1961 unitard1961 bodysuit1963 shortall1966 steamer1982 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > one-piece garment > [noun] > part of faceplate1930 footy1938 1938 Vogue Nov. 16/1 (advt.) Hood, mittens and footies not only radiate charm but coddle my outposts. 1960 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 5 Feb. 8 a/4 (advt.) 3-pc. Sleep Set... Fine cotton terry check pattern, detachable plastic sole footies. 1969 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 26 Nov. 30/2 (advt.) Warm footie pajamas. 1987 Sandusky (Ohio) Sunday Reg. 14 June a5/3 (advt.) Choose from a selection of over-alls, short-alls, footie sets. 2002 Time 28 Jan. 56/1 Small-town teens..were wearing p.j's with footies. 2017 B. Ain Izzy Kline has Butterflies 52 Quinn's in red footies... And everyone is jealous because she looks so cozy. b. A short sock that covers only the foot and is typically designed to be hidden when worn with a shoe. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [noun] > stocking > types of > short stocking or sock > types of > short stockings or socks ankle sock1660 anklet1928 footy1942 bobby sock1943 footsies1960 1942 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. 53/1 (advt.) Ardenna Pink Footies for overnight softening. 1984 Country Life 7 June 1667/2 Foot socks by Pretty Polly, Couture Footies and open-gusset tights are available throughout the country. 2000 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana) 6 Aug. c6/4 I chose sandals and one pair of tennis shoes with just a couple of pairs of footies. 2016 D. Coggins Men & Style ii. 119 Beneath their beautiful shoes they're wearing ‘footies’—little slip-on socks that allow them to invoke the nonchalant air of the sockless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). footyadj.1 Somewhat rare. Having dregs or foots (foot n. 18). ΚΠ 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. iii. 710 The Oyle of this sort of Whale being boyled, will be as hard and white as Tallow, which to be mingled with the other Oyle being liquid, would make the same to shew as footie Oyle. 1886 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Footy, having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, &c. 1920 Jrnl. Industr. & Engin. Chem. 12 158/1 Some very ‘footy’ oil was run through a Sharples centrifuge at 17,000 r.p.m. A thick, black slime was deposited in the interior of the separator bowl. 1961 Paint Technol. Sept. 27/1 There is doubt as to whether the original producer of the oil..does share with the processor the same anxiety over a footy oil. 2004 Ann. Bk. ASTM Standards (Amer. Soc. Testing & Materials) VI. iii. 319/2 Composite the footy oil with the upper oil in the laboratory or under the direct supervision of the laboratory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). footyadj.2 colloquial and regional. Paltry, poor, mean, worthless; small and insignificant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 1720 C. Shadwell Sham Prince v. in Five New Plays 190 I hope he'll be hang'd, for he is a footy Fellow. 1752 W. Dodd Beauties Shaks. I. Pref. 7 Many a critic..has..foisted in some footy emendation of his own. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xiv. 234 It would be a very pretty bit of practice to the ship's company, to take her out from under that footy battery. 1873 M. E. Braddon Strangers & Pilgrims iii. iv. 260 You could not possibly be married from that footy little house in the Boroughbridge-road. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) That's no good; it's onny a footy little-un. 2009 C. O'Searcaigh Light on Distant Hills 179 He looked down at his shrivelled penis and patted it. ‘I'm promising this footy wee thing that he's going to get it soon.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900adj.11625adj.21720 |
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