keepy-uppy
/ˈkiːpɪˌʌpi
/(also keepy-up)
noun [mass noun] British 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...
- 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.
- Andrew, who has been dubbed the Welsh Maradona, shot to fame after videos of his keepy-up skills were posted on the internet.
Origin
1950s: (originally Scots, as keepy-up): from keep + -y1 + up.
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