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footloose [foot-loos] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for footloose on Thesaurus.com adjective
- free to go or travel about; not confined by responsibilities.
Origin of footloose First recorded in 1690–1700; foot + loose Synonyms for footloose See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com unencumbered, carefree, fancy-free, unattached. Related Words for footloose easygoing, loose, unattached, uncommitted, unengaged Examples from the Web for footloose Contemporary Examples of footloose
If Footloose, the Kevin Bacon film from 1984, ever gets an Asian remake, Tokyo might be the place to shoot it.
The Japanese Go All ‘Footloose’ to Protest Nightlife Crackdown
Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo
May 1, 2014
They also banned the “Arab Idol” competition because anyone who has ever watched Footloose knows music is evil.
Maysoon Zayid
April 4, 2013
Footloose without Bacon is like Thanksgiving without the turkey!
Brody Brown
October 16, 2011
She lived as a footloose single lady, the kind who indulged in permanent waves and would drop $20 on a coat with a fur collar.
William Boot
January 30, 2010
Kevin Bacon could have easily gone the typical dreamy, cheesy leading man route after he starred in Footloose 25 years ago.
Joel Keller
February 19, 2009
Historical Examples of footloose
But poets are a footloose class and are often found with lame and halting feet.
Carolyn Wells
But the forts and the like are necessary so that the Navy may be footloose.
State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
But I do hope you’ve got your railroad built and are footloose and free to take another commission.
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.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942
Various
Imry picked Danson because hes a footloose artist who paints illustrations for magazines.
Michael Knerr
British Dictionary definitions for footloose footloose adjective
- free to go or do as one wishes
- eager to travel; restlessto feel footloose
Word Origin and History for footloose adj.
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.