footplay

Noun

footplay (uncountable)

1. footwork
   • So we look at the fight, and what do we see? We see that the best fighter combines footplay with fist-work.1921, The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
   • Quite “beside himself,” he dances up and down the Corso, seeking to engage Princess Brambilla in wild and inspired footplay, but she is not to be found.1984, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Tobin Siebers, Tobin Siebers, The Romantic Fantastic
2. footsie
   • Minnie's flirtatious footplay with Harry was somewhat marred by an occasional hiccough.1969, Angus Wilson, Death Dance: Twenty-five Stories, Viking
3. Sexual activity or play involving the feet
   • Though Arden had assumed she enjoyed the footplay, I knew there was always the possibility that her hormones and brain chemistry made her more accommodating and willing to stretch her own boundaries for the sake of pleasing him.2013 06, Gloria G. Brame, The Truth about Sex, a Sex Primer for the 21st Century Volume II: Sex for Grown-Ups, CCB Publishing, →ISBN, page 71