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foot·sie

also foot·sy  (fo͝ot′sē)
n. Informal
The act of flirting in which one secretly touches the feet of another with one's own, as under a table.
Idiom:
play footsie
1. To flirt with someone by secretly touching the feet with one's own.
2. To cooperate or curry favor in a sly or devious way.
[From diminutive of foot.]
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footsie

(ˈfʊtsɪ)
n
informal flirtation involving the touching together of feet, knees, etc (esp in the phrase play footsie)

Footsie

(ˈfʊtsɪ)
n
(Stock Exchange) an informal name for Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
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foot•sie

(ˈfʊt si)

n. Informal.
Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
Idioms:
play footsie(s) with,
a. to flirt with, esp. by furtively touching someone's foot or leg.
b. to engage in clandestine or illicit relations with.
[1930–35]
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Translations

footsie

[ˈfʊtsɪ] N to play footsie with → acariciar con el pie a
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

footsie

[ˈfʊtsi] n
to play footsie with sb → faire du pied à qnfoot soldier n → fantassin m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Footsie

n (Fin inf) → Footsie(-Index) m (inf), → Financial-Times-100-Index m

footsie

n (inf) to play footsie with somebody → mit jdm füßeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

footsie

[ˈfʊtsɪ] n (fam) to play footsie with sb → fare piedino a qn
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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The biggest Footsie risers were Autonomy, up 69p at 1703p, Lloyds Banking Group, ahead 1.98p at 69.2p, Resolution, up 13.9p at 294.5p and African Barrick Gold, up 18.5p, at 550.5p.
London market
The top three fallers in the Footsie were all mining stocks, with Fresnillo down 4.2% to 1492p, Anglo American off 3.2% at 3300p and Antofagasta behind 2.4% at 1502p.
CITY MARKET REPORT
The Footsie has now gained more than 10 per cent in the latest rally - the longest winning streak for more than five-and-a-half years.
Market boost sparks optimism
But a steady start for US markets on rare good news from the housing market improved sentiment and the Footsie eventually closed 30.8 points lower at 3852.6.
Staging a big fight-back from a five-year low; MARKET REPORT In association with www.kleinwortbenson.com SHARE PRICES
Although prices on the new November contract eased back to around 107 dollars, carrier British Airways was the biggest Footsie faller, down more than 5% or 11.25p to 207.25p.
Market report
But the Footsie, already trading in a 300-point range today, could be set for further jolts when US markets open later.
Roller coaster shares
But the Footsie - already trading in a 300-point range today - was set for further jolts when US markets opened later.
Topsy-turvy for traders; MARKETS: Bargain-hunters push Footsie into black
Just 23 days into the new year the Footsie closed in the red for a ninth consecutive day, the longest losing streak since its inception in 1986, and the run reached 11 when a 123-point "bloodbath" saw another pounds 30bn wiped from the value of the country's leading companies.
Impressive recovery in a year dominated by Iraq
Today's lift was significant as the Footsie has spent the last few days trying without success to close above the 5,300 barrier.
Market report
Predictably, the biggest single day percentage fall during the year was on September 11 itself, when the Footsie shed 5.7per cent to close at 4,746.
Better year ahead for Footsie
A 3% decline for Shell sent it to the bottom of the Footsie, dropping 73.5p to 2177.5p, after tough downstream trading left earnings in the final three months of 2010 short of the pounds 2.9bn expected in the City.
London market
But retailers featured prominently on the Footsie fallers board following a gloomy profit warning from Carpetright in the FTSE 250.
A spring in FTSE's step but retailers left trailing; citybulletin

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