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foot⋅sie

  [foot-see]
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–noun Informal.
1. Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
—Idiom
2. play footsie or footsies with,
a. to flirt with, esp. by clandestinely touching someone's foot or leg; be slyly or furtively intimate with.
b. to seek advantage from, esp. by discreet or stealthy means; curry favor with.
Also, footsy, footie.

Origin:
1930–35; foot + -sie, sp. var. of -sy
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foot·sie also foot·sy   (fŏŏt'sē)   
n.   Informal
The act of flirting in which one secretly touches the feet or legs of another with one's own, as under a table.

[From diminutive of foot.]
foot·sy   (fŏŏt'sē)   
n.   Informal
Variant of footsie.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

footsie 
"amorous play with the feet" [OED], 1944, from foot.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Footsie

See FTSE 100 Index.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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