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Definition of keepy-uppy in English: keepy-uppy(also keepy-up) noun ˈkiːpɪˌʌpiˈkipiˌəpi mass nounBritish informal A game whose aim is to keep a football in the air for as long as possible by bouncing it off any part of the body except the hands and arm. a bunch of kids gather round to play keepy-uppy he hoofs a football over a garden fence during a game of keepy-uppy count noun fans turned out just to watch him do a few keepy-uppies Example sentencesExamples - More than two million people have now seen him playing keepy-up in a car park.
- Even in his early 60s he was knocking the ball about with us and playing keepy-uppy.
- After taking time out from teaching Lionel Messi his plethora of tricks, Dan is now offering tips on how to become a keepy-uppy supremo.
- Andrew, who has been dubbed the Welsh Maradona, shot to fame after videos of his keepy-up skills were posted on the internet.
- The main man played keepy-uppy, resplendent in a Celtic tracksuit, before kicking a couple of balls into the crowd.
Origin 1950s: (originally Scots, as keepy-up): from keep + -y1 + up. Definition of keepy-uppy in US English: keepy-uppy(also keepy-up) nounˈkipiˌəpiˈkēpēˌəpē British informal A game whose aim is to keep a soccer ball in the air for as long as possible by bouncing it off any part of the body except the hands and arm. a bunch of kids gather around to play keepy-uppy he hoofs a football over a garden fence during a game of keepy-uppy count noun fans turned out just to watch him do a few keepy-uppies Example sentencesExamples - Even in his early 60s he was knocking the ball about with us and playing keepy-uppy.
- Andrew, who has been dubbed the Welsh Maradona, shot to fame after videos of his keepy-up skills were posted on the internet.
- The main man played keepy-uppy, resplendent in a Celtic tracksuit, before kicking a couple of balls into the crowd.
- More than two million people have now seen him playing keepy-up in a car park.
- After taking time out from teaching Lionel Messi his plethora of tricks, Dan is now offering tips on how to become a keepy-uppy supremo.
Origin 1950s: (originally Scots, as keepy-up): from keep + -y + up + -y. |