Definitions
Informal word for football or soccer.
Word origin
Compare Dutch vochtig. In the senses “insignificant, paltry; poorly kept, shoddy” Merriam-Webster suggests derivation from French foutu, past participle of foutre (“to copulate, fuck, screw”).
Used in a sentence
“But footy, especially this kind of footy, transcended family drama — that went without saying — so Erik Falk had of course invited his son.”
“Me and Charlie and Ben were out there one afternoon, messing around, kicking a footy and stuff, and this girl rode by.”
“Sam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Informal soccer”5 letters
02“Soccer, casually”5 letters
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