Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Refuse or sediment, as at the bottom of a sugar- or oil-cask, etc.
Wiktionary
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foot.
- n. The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
Examples
“The word putz (sounds like foots), comes from the German word putzen.”
“Having withdrawn these coloured "foots," the second portion of the weak caustic soda solution is agitated with the partially refined oil, and, when the latter is sufficiently treated, it is allowed to rest and the settled coloured liquor drawn off as before.”
“The residue or "foots" produced during the refining of crude cotton-seed oil, known in the trade as "mucilage," may be converted into”
“We're bored to extinction, and BLOGGS is a "foots";”
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891
“Newly designated sergeants and corporals were conscripted to the task of squad supervision and many exasperating occasions arose when a recruit got the wrong "foots" in place and was commanded to "change the foots.”
“It was impossible to move his "foots" without instantly plunging into the torture of the infernal regions.”
“There's no such fears with Rhoads, whose own roots - which he pronounces like "foots" in true Iowa vernacular - blossomed in the shadow of Jack Trice Stadium.”
“Backstory at this (likely ephemeral) AP story Actor Freeman foots prom bill in Sundance doc.”
“When an individual foots the bill, the benefits are tax-free.”
The Wall Street Journal: Saving Strategies for Older Singles
“Why should we pay for Time Warner Cables retroactive performance, where the consumer foots the bill from a company with a reputation for pathetic customer service, aged infrastructure, over paid management and, of course, a penchant for misleading the public.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘foots’.
-
O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 224 more...
-
Lees
Items of little or no value that are left behind by physical or biological processes other than passing through an alimentary canal. See also Valse's Leftovers and reesetee's Hogwash! for other tak...
lees, dross, dregs, orts, debris, jetsam, flotsam, rubbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, junk and 130 more...
-
Secret Agent Man
Wanna know how to be a spy? Sorry, that's classified. But this list can teach you how to talk like one.
black-bag job, floater, dog drag, l pill, national agent, sheep dipping, dry clean, operation slammer, foots, wet affairs, walk the cat, piano and 16 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for foots.
sarra 'Is this [custom or term] British?' shows how it's grammatical.
Never heard of them though. Aug 27, 2009
gangerh Are those British, surely? Aug 27, 2009
seanahan Is this British? Aug 27, 2009
tbtabby Members of a surveillance team who ride as passengers in pursuit cars and follow suspects on foot when they leave their cars. Aug 26, 2009