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toot·sie

(to͝ot′sē)

n. Slang

1. Toots.

2. A girl or young woman.

3. or toot·sy (-sē) pl. toot·sies A person's foot.

[Origin unknown. Sense 3, alteration of footsie, diminutive of foot.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

toot•sie

(ˈtʊt si)

n. Slang.

1. sweetheart; darling.

2. a prostitute.

[1900–05; of uncertain orig.]

Translations

tootsie

tootsy [ˈtʊtsɪ] N

1. (= toe) → dedo m del pie; (= foot) → pie m

2. (US) (= girl) → chica f, gachí f
hey tootsie! → ¡oye, guapa!

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

tootsie

[ˈtʊtsɪ] n (fam)

a. (toe) → ditino; (foot) → piedino

b. (Am) (old) → tesoro; (woman) → bella ragazza
hi, tootsie → ciao bella

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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