Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A foot-soldier; an infantryman.
  • Poor; mean; worthless; trashy.
  • noun Any one or anything slightly valued.
  • Having foots or settlings: as, footy oil, molasses, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective engraving Having foots, or settlings
  • adjective Prov. Eng. Poor; mean.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable, UK football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
  • noun uncountable, Australia The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer
  • noun countable, Australia the ball used in a game of footy.
  • adjective UK, dialect, dated Having foots, or settlings.
  • adjective UK, dialect, dated poor; mean

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Examples

  • A well-struck ball in Australia - where the game is called "footy" - rotates end-over-end and might not clear 10 feet in height.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • What should I do tonight .. (even if the footy is on) ...

    Archive 2006-04-01 Ben Barren 2006

  • What should I do tonight .. (even if the footy is on) ...

    Social Search 2.1 : Eurekster, Vast, Wink, Omnidrive Ben Barren 2006

  • Why do the public still fund these elitist sporting facilities anyway ... if we're getting out of trains ... surely we also can also bin hyped stadiums for brain dead yobs to go watch "footy" - MATE!

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Why do the public still fund these elitist sporting facilities anyway ... if we're getting out of trains ... surely we also can also bin hyped stadiums for brain dead yobs to go watch "footy" - MATE!

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Why do the public still fund these elitist sporting facilities anyway ... if we're getting out of trains ... surely we also can also bin hyped stadiums for brain dead yobs to go watch "footy" - MATE!

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Why do the public still fund these elitist sporting facilities anyway ... if we're getting out of trains ... surely we also can also bin hyped stadiums for brain dead yobs to go watch "footy" - MATE!

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Why do the public still fund these elitist sporting facilities anyway ... if we're getting out of trains ... surely we also can also bin hyped stadiums for brain dead yobs to go watch "footy" - MATE!

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Momentum in footy can appear a bit like a riptide: the sea and the shore pounding against one another seem relatively stable with a little give-and-take until you’re suddenly sucked out to sea.

    On soccer and books and ninjas 2010

  • For all their sports success throughout the world, AEG just hasn't done enough, in my opinion, to enlighten American sports fans who don't know what they're missing with Australian rules football, also known as "footy."

    John Mirisch: The Farmers Field Saga: Hide and CEQA John Mirisch 2011

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  • Insignificant; shabby.

    May 12, 2008