A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.
...not to mention playing footsie for 18 months, begging the orange shit gibbon to give back stolen state secrets instead of arresting him as soon as he lands in Flordia.
They are relaxing in a hot tub playing footsie. Ed rigged up an old bilge pump and iron pipe to heat up water through a fire for their new outdoor wooden hot tub that he also built. It’s innkeeper era so he basically…
A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.
Play “footsie” with him while dining out together.
Footsie means: A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
Footsie means: A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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footsie means: A flirting game where two people touch their feet together, under a table or otherwise concealed, as a romantic prelude.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
(childish) A foot.
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 …
(slang) A selfie (self-taken photograph) of one's feet.
“Mother — Mother will you tie up my shoeies?” Susan’s lisping voice interrupted their conversation. / “Put a footsie up here,” Babs sang out. “’At’s a girl.”
“...not to mention playing footsie for 18 months, begging the orange shit gibbon to give back stolen state secrets instead of arresting him as soon as he lands in Flordia.”
“They are relaxing in a hot tub playing footsie. Ed rigged up an old bilge pump and iron pipe to heat up water through a fire for their new outdoor wooden hot tub that he also built. It’s innkeeper era so he basically invented all of this himself. He’s so smart.”