Crossword clues for footloose
footloose
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
footloose \footloose\ adj.
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without ties to a particular location; free to roam; wandering.
Syn: aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant.
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without dependents or responsibilities.
Syn: untrammeled, untrammelled.
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having no commitments or restrictions.
Syn: fancy-free, foot-loose.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility. n. (context nautical English) A sail that is not properly secured at the bottom.
WordNet
adj. free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"
Wikipedia
Footloose is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross. It tells the story of Ren McCormack ( Kevin Bacon), an upbeat Chicago teen who moves to a small town in which, as a result of the efforts of a local minister ( John Lithgow), dancing and rock music have been banned.
The film is loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural, and religious community of Elmore City, Oklahoma.
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by Kenny Loggins), and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.
"Footloose" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two singles by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name (the other one being " I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)"). The song spent three weeks at number one, March 31—April 14, 1984 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was the first of two number-one hits from the motion picture, Footloose. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984.
The song was very well received, and is one of the most recognizable songs recorded by Loggins. When the American Film Institute released its AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs, "Footloose" reached the 96th position. The song was covered by country music artist Blake Shelton for the 2011 remake of the 1984 film. The song has also been parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic (" Hooked on Polkas"). It was also made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series. Kids Incorporated covered "Footloose" in 1984 in the Season 1 episode "Space Case". PureNRG sang "Footloose" on their 2007 debut album PureNRG.
The single version is slightly shorter in length compared to the album version. It begins with a soloed guitar track instead of a drum intro, and features more prominent backing vocals in the mix, particularly towards the end of the song.
Footloose is the title of two soundtracks, the first, released in 1984, to the 1984 film Footloose and the second, released in 2011, to the 2011 remake.
Footloose is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe team's infantry trooper, and debuted in 1985.
Footloose may refer to:
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Footloose (1984 film), a musical film
- Footloose (musical), a 1998 stage adaptation of the film
- Footloose (2011 film), a remake of the 1984 film
- "Footloose" (song), the song from the original film performed by Kenny Loggins
- Footloose (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the original film
- Footloose!, a 1963 album by jazz pianist Paul Bley
- Footloose (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
Footloose was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Toshiaki Kawada and Ricky/Samson Fuyuki.
Footloose is a 2011 American musical dance film directed by Craig Brewer. It is a remake of the 1984 film of the same name and stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell, and Dennis Quaid. The film follows a young man who moves from Boston to a small southern town and protests the town's ban against dancing.
Filming took place from September to November 2010 in Georgia. It was released in Australia and New Zealand on October 6, 2011, and in North America on October 14, 2011. It grossed $15.5 million in its opening weekend and $63 million worldwide from a $24 million budget. It was met with generally positive reaction from critics.
Usage examples of "footloose".
And at that time every footloose wanderer and entrepreneur in the Galaxy will start for the Eryx Region to make his fortune.
He learned that a band of Footloose travelers had passed through the environs of the port town the previous week and been chased off the land on which they had traditionally camped these past twenty years and more, and that in their wake the wife of the merchant Paulo Foring had prematurely given birth to a monstera child with a huge head and wings instead of arms, that had torn her apart as it breached, and that she would probably not survive.
It was a port and customhouse, a tangle of shipyards, storage drogues, quarantines, and social houses, catering to the vices of the footloose, the isolated, and the estranged.
More as an academic exercise than out of real interest, I inquired of the reptilian GM and my chef de cuisine what they thought would happen here, now that there were fifty or so longtime loyalists footloose and fancy free and looking for work elsewhere in the company.
He had been footloose and fancy free, and when asked if he would accept such an appointment he had said that he would, but at the time he had not dreamed O'Connor was serious.
After leaving Durban, we spent a twomonth vacation roaming footloose and fancy free all over the east part of Africa, and this glorious country must be among some of the most spectacular on the face of the earth.
Now, and let me stress this, around one hundred and fifty bodies put out like pairs of pants and dresses for the use of-one deep breath-over three thousand footloose egos.
Maybe we can find a footloose seamstress before we take the railroad train&mdash.
He liked women, and this one in particular whetted his interest, with her single state, her sassiness, occasional cursing and footloose ways.