footloose

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
9

Definition of footloose

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
    “He was footloose in his youth.”
    “Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment.”
    “[…] They are footloose but also desperate, squeezed by rising inequality and a frayed safety net.”
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adj

  1. Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
    “He was footloose in his youth.”
    “Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment.”
    “[…] They are footloose but also desperate, squeezed by rising inequality and a frayed safety net.”
  2. Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.

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Etymology

From foot + loose.

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