tootsy

American  

[toot-see] / ˈtʊt si /

Or tootsie

noun

Slang.

• tootsies
  plural

1. a foot.

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tootsy British  

/ ˈtʊtsɪ /

noun

1. a child's word for toe

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tootsies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tootsy

First recorded in 1850–55; expressive variant of footsie ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

tootsy tootsies

Ah, say, reverse English on the tootsy business!" says I. "This ain't any heart-throb matinee.

From Torchy by George Brehm

Then she replied, calling him sugar plum and tootsy wootsy and tiddley-winks.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Marie Saltus

No girl had ever called him her "snooky ookums," and he had never had the opportunity of calling any fair vision his "tootsy wootsy."

From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by R. D. (Robert Dalziel) Cumming

But she’s struggling too, hitting a forehand long having been handed 30-0, then comes in again and can’t dig a passing shot out of her tootsies.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2022

One hundred little tootsies, Just a myth, all the same.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2016

Chalk it up to continued improvements to in-flight comfort, such as Marc Newson’s Skybeds with massage settings in business class, and economy seats with clever hammock-style footrests for tired tootsies.

From Time ● Jul. 15, 2015

It’s unfair of him now to decide to begin the process of coming out by sporting red tootsies without discussing with you the level of disclosure you’re comfortable with.

From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2012

Didums want a rabbit-skin To wrap his baby tootsies in?'

From Baby Jane's Mission by Reginald Parnell