Explore Footsie through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Footsie meaning
- A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.
- A foot.
- A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet.
Using Footsie
- The main meaning on this page is: A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude. | A foot. | A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet.
- In the example corpus, footsie often appears in combinations such as: the footsie, footsie with.
Context around Footsie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Footsie
- In this selection, "footsie" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stalwart, play, chief and companies stand out and add context to how "footsie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the footsie companies come and on the footsie to have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "footsie" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with footsie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Footsie is dominated by global companies that make a significant proportion of their earnings in dollars and euros. (19 words)
He is one of the few bosses on the Footsie to have earned more than £100 million over his tenure. (20 words)
Remember, most of the earnings for the Footsie companies come from outside the UK, so this is also a reflection of demand in the world economy. (26 words)
Britain's blue-chip companies are going through one of the biggest ever upheavals in top management, as seven stalwart Footsie chief executives have either gone or declared their exit since the start of the year. (36 words)
They play footsie with Ilhan Omar, sympathize with Rashida Tlaib, and endeavor to force their utterly non-Judaic values onto Israel, as though they have earned a say in Israel’s internal affairs. (33 words)
Remember, most of the earnings for the Footsie companies come from outside the UK, so this is also a reflection of demand in the world economy. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
Britain's blue-chip companies are going through one of the biggest ever upheavals in top management, as seven stalwart Footsie chief executives have either gone or declared their exit since the start of the year.
He is one of the few bosses on the Footsie to have earned more than £100 million over his tenure.
Remember, most of the earnings for the Footsie companies come from outside the UK, so this is also a reflection of demand in the world economy.
The Footsie is dominated by global companies that make a significant proportion of their earnings in dollars and euros.
They play footsie with Ilhan Omar, sympathize with Rashida Tlaib, and endeavor to force their utterly non-Judaic values onto Israel, as though they have earned a say in Israel’s internal affairs.
Common combinations with footsie
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: