footsie

See also: Footsie

English

Alternative forms

• footsy

Etymology

From foot +‎ -sie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊtsi/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Homophones: FTSE, Footsie

Noun

footsie (countable and uncountable, plural footsies)

1. A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.
   • 1995, David and Anne Frahm, How to Make Love With Your Clothes On‎^[1], Tulsa, Okla.: Honor Books, →ISBN:

     Play “footsie” with him while dining out together.

   • 2010, Thierry Soufflard, The best places to kiss in Paris, Parigramme, →ISBN, page 79:

     The only downside to this is that you can’t play footsie. The table gets in the way. You'll have to come up with something fresh if you want to invite that wonderful person to finish the evening at your side for a stroll along the banks of the Seine.

2. (childish) A foot.
   • 1964, Kenneth Marlowe, “I Was a Problem”, in Mr. Madam: Confessions of a Male Madam, Los Angeles, Calif.: Sherbourne Press, →LCCN, page 25:

     One of the boys was seated on my white chaise-lounge. I put my five foot five down on the end of the chaise and said, “Move your footsies, Honey, Mother needs to park her tired ass.”

   • 2014, Jean Fischer, A Star for Me:

     Dear God, I am thankful for ears that can wiggle For lips that can pucker and bellies that jiggle. For legs that can gallop and gambol and mosey. And thanks for each hair and each footsie and toesie.

3. (slang) A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet.

Derived terms

• footsie-wootsies

Related terms

• feetsy

Translations

flirting game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以碰腳調情／以碰脚调情 (yǐ pèng jiǎo tiáoqíng)

• Danish: pedalflirt c, benflirt c
• Dutch: voetjevrijen (nl) n
• Finnish: jalkapeli (fi)
• French: faire du pied (fr)
• German: Füßeln (de) n
• Italian: piedino (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: benflørting (no) m or f

• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see flirt ze stopami m
• Russian: заи́грывание (ru) n (zaígryvanije)
• Swedish: tåflört, tåsex

(childish) foot

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: 腳丫子／脚丫子 (zh) (jiǎoyāzi)

•  Finnish: kinttu (fi)
•  French: peton (fr) m

selfie of one's feet

•  Chinese:

   Mandarin: 腳自拍／脚自拍 (jiǎo zìpāi)

•  Finnish: omista jaloista otettu kuva
•  French: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• footies