keepy-uppy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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During her election campaign she demonstrated her soccer skills with a display of keepy-uppy too.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Hannah Bardell posted a video on social media of herself playing keepy-uppy in the parliament after the sitting was adjourned on Tuesday evening.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2018
It's like a marketing form of keepy-uppy: It bounces around, but it'd be very easy to drop the ball.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2018
I play football badly, swim even worse, jog when I haven’t got football injuries, do keepy-uppy in the street, and play tennis with partners who haven’t yet died on me.
From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2016
Sure, Lionel Messi can play keepy-uppy for half an hour with the little toe on his left foot, while also playing Tetris and debating the merits of a capitalist culture.
From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011
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