Synonyms for footloose
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : foot-loos |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊtˌlus |
Définition of footloose
Origin :- 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.
- adj free
- But poets are a footloose class and are often found with lame and halting feet.
- Extract from : « Ptomaine Street » by Carolyn Wells
- But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt » by Theodore Roosevelt
- But I do hope you've got your railroad built and are footloose and free to take another commission.
- Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by 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.
- Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
- Imry picked Danson because hes a footloose artist who paints illustrations for magazines.
- Extract from : « The Sex Life of the Gods » by Michael Knerr
- Was it a year ago, or only a few days, that he had been the footloose owner-manager-working force of Tarrant Enterprises, Ltd.?
- Extract from : « Trading Jeff and his Dog » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
Words or expressions associated with your search
- afoot
- American football
- barefoot
- barefooted
- Canadian football
- canadian footballs
- cloven-footed
- dog the footsteps of
- equal footing
- fancy footwork
- fancy footworks
- flat-footed
- flatfoot
- fleet of foot
- foot
- foot it
- foot long
- foot the bill
- footage
- football
- foothold
- footing
- footlights
- footlong
- footloose
- footloose and fancy-free
- footman
- footnote
- footprint
- footslog
- footstep
- footsteps
- footstone
- footwear
- go on foot
- harefooted
- having fancy footwork
- hot foot
- hotfoot
- lead-footed
- leadfoot
- light-footed
- lose footing
- nimble-footed
- on foot
- one foot in grave
- one foot in the grave
- pussyfoot
- put foot down
- put foot in
- put one's foot down
- putting foot in mouth
- rabbit foot
- rabbit's foot
- set foot in
- shoot oneself in foot
- slewfoot
- tenderfoot
- tenderfooted
- the footlights
- travel on foot
- underfoot
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