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footie

footie is the alternative spelling of footy.

Meaning of footy

Noun

footy (countable and uncountable, plural footies)

  1. (Ireland, UK, uncountable) Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
  2. (Australia, uncountable) The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer.
    • But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son.2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 118
  3. (Australia, countable) The ball used in a game of footy.
    • Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by.2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 105
  4. (New Zealand, uncountable) Rugby union or rugby league.
  5. (plural-normally) A short sock.
  6. (countable, slang) A football fan.
    • Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it.

See all 10 meanings of footy

Noun

footie (plural footies)

  1. (especially, plural) A blanket sleeper or similar covering that covers the foot.

Forms of footie

pluralfooties

Questions about footie

What does footie mean?
Footie means a blanket sleeper or similar covering that covers the foot.
What is footie the alternative spelling of?
Footie is the alternative spelling of footy.
What part of speech is footie?
Footie is a noun.
What is the plural of footie?
The plural of footie is footies.

Words near footie in the dictionary

  1. foothole
  2. footholes
  3. foothook
  4. foothooks
  5. foothot
  6. footie
  7. footies
  8. footin'
  9. footing
  10. footing it
  11. footing the bill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: footie (page history and authors); footy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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