footy /ˈfʊti/noun 8adjective 2forms 3 noun8 •(UK, Ireland) Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand). •(Australia) 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 •(New-Zealand) Rugby union or rugby league. •(Australia) 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 •Footsy (flirting game where two people touch their feet together).He didn't even play footy under the table. I kept wishing he would! — 1932 •(slang) A football fan.Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it. •[usually plural] A short sock. •(informal) A footjob.he's getting a footy under the table adjective2 •(dialect, old-fashioned) Having foots (settlings). •(dialect, old-fashioned) Of bad quality; mean, poor.[N]obody wants you to shoot crooked. Take good iron to it, and not footy paving-stones. — 1855 formsfooties · more footy · most footy
