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[ foot-loos ] / ˈfʊtˌlus / SEE SYNONYMS FOR footloose ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefree to go or travel about; not confined by responsibilities: After graduation, she backpacked through Europe, footloose and fancy-free. Origin of footlooseFirst recorded in 1690–1700; foot + loose SYNONYMS FOR footlooseunencumbered, carefree, fancy-free, unattached. SEE SYNONYMS FOR footloose ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby footloosefoot line, footling, footling presentation, footlocker, footlong, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, footman, footmark, footmen's gallery, footnote Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for footlooseIf 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|DAILY BEAST Footloose without Bacon is like Thanksgiving without the turkey! Lights, Camera, Cocktails|Brody Brown|October 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST
But I do hope you've got your railroad built and are footloose and free to take another commission. Pirates' Hope|Francis Lynde 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 Was it a year ago, or only a few days, that he had been the footloose owner-manager-working force of Tarrant Enterprises, Ltd.? Trading Jeff and his Dog|James Arthur Kjelgaard 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
adjectivefree 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 Words related to footlooseeasygoing, free and easy, loose, unattached, uncommitted, unengaged |