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footy

foo·ty
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [foo-tee]
    • /ˈfu ti/
    • /ˈfʊt.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foo-tee]
    • /ˈfu ti/

Definitions of footy word

  • adjective footy poor; worthless; paltry. 1
  • noun footy (uncountable, British) football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand). 1
  • abbreviation FOOTY football 0
  • noun footy (as modifier) 0
  • adjective footy of little or no importance; paltry; mean 0
  • abbreviation FOOTY footsie 0

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Origin of footy

First appearance:

before 1740
One of the 48% newest English words
1740-50; variant of foughty musty; compare Old English fūht moist, damp (cognate with German feucht); see -y1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Footy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

footy popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

footy usage trend in Literature

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