What is "footy"

Footy \Foot"y\, a.

1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc.

2. Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.]
   --C. Kingsley.

a. 1 (context UK dialect dated English) Having foots, or settlings. 2 (context UK dialect dated English) poor; mean alt. 1 (context uncountable British English) football (association football) (''soccer'' in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) 2 (context uncountable Australia English) The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer 3 (context countable Australia English) the ball used in a game of footy. 4 (context mostly plural English) A short sock. n. 1 (context uncountable British English) football (association football) (''soccer'' in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) 2 (context uncountable Australia English) The game or sport of football, usually Australian rules football or rugby league, but not soccer 3 (context countable Australia English) the ball used in a game of footy. 4 (context mostly plural English) A short sock.

Footy or footie may refer to:

• Some forms of football:
  • Association football
  • Australian rules football
    • Rec footy
    • 9-a-side footy
    • The Footy Show (AFL)
  • Rugby league football
    • Mini footy
    • Touch footy
    • The Footy Show (rugby league)
  • Futsal
• Footy (model yacht), one-foot-long sailboat
• Footy, style of egg cup
• Footy, a.k.a. Blanket sleeper
• a short form of video footage.

The Footy is a very small (usually) radio-control sailboat whose length is a mere 12 inches (30.5 cm). The hull can be made from a fiberglass mold or simply with thin sheets of plywood fitted together. Two servos are used, one to control the sail and one for the rudder.