footloose

[foot-loos]

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adjective

free to go or travel about; not confined by responsibilities.

Origin of footloose

First recorded in 1690–1700; foot + loose

Synonyms

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unencumbered, carefree, fancy-free, unattached.

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Examples from the Web for footloose

Contemporary Examples

If Footloose, the Kevin Bacon film from 1984, ever gets an Asian remake, Tokyo might be the place to shoot it.
The Japanese Go All ‘Footloose’ to Protest Nightlife Crackdown
Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo
May 1, 2014
They also banned the "Arab Idol" competition because anyone who has ever watched Footloose knows music is evil.
Don’t Tread On My Hair, Hamas
Maysoon Zayid
April 4, 2013
Footloose without Bacon is like Thanksgiving without the turkey!
Lights, Camera, Cocktails
Brody Brown
October 16, 2011
She lived as a footloose single lady, the kind who indulged in permanent waves and would drop $20 on a coat with a fur collar.
Do I Have to Read Committed?
William Boot
January 30, 2010
Kevin Bacon could have easily gone the typical dreamy, cheesy leading man route after he starred in Footloose 25 years ago.
What's Eating Kevin Bacon?
Joel Keller
February 19, 2009

Historical Examples

But poets are a footloose class and are often found with lame and halting feet.
Ptomaine Street
Carolyn Wells
But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose.
State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
But I do hope you've got your railroad built and are footloose and free to take another commission.
Pirates' Hope
Francis Lynde
This was simply because all Long's dealers were doing a Monte Carlo business in back and he was the only one footloose.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942
Various
Imry picked Danson because hes a footloose artist who paints illustrations for magazines.
The Sex Life of the Gods
Michael Knerr

British Dictionary definitions for footloose

footloose

adjective

free to go or do as one wishes
eager to travel; restlessto feel footloose

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for footloose

adj.

1690s, in literal sense of "free to move the feet, unshackled," from foot (n.) + loose. Figurative sense of "free to act as one pleases" is from 1873.

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Examples from the Web for footloose

Contemporary Examples

If Footloose, the Kevin Bacon film from 1984, ever gets an Asian remake, Tokyo might be the place to shoot it.

They also banned the "Arab Idol" competition because anyone who has ever watched Footloose knows music is evil.

Footloose without Bacon is like Thanksgiving without the turkey!

She lived as a footloose single lady, the kind who indulged in permanent waves and would drop $20 on a coat with a fur collar.

Kevin Bacon could have easily gone the typical dreamy, cheesy leading man route after he starred in Footloose 25 years ago.

Historical Examples

But poets are a footloose class and are often found with lame and halting feet.

But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose.

But I do hope you've got your railroad built and are footloose and free to take another commission.

This was simply because all Long's dealers were doing a Monte Carlo business in back and he was the only one footloose.

Imry picked Danson because hes a footloose artist who paints illustrations for magazines.

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Word Origin and History for footloose

adj.

Origin of footloose