footsie

noun

foot·sie ˈfu̇t-sē

variants or footsy

: a furtive flirtatious caressing with the feet (as under a table)

: a usually surreptitious cooperation or negotiation with someone supposed hostile to one's own interests

—usually used with play

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This means that those footsies won’t develop the malodorous aroma that haunts the bottoms of sleeping bags on long overnighters, even when worn for a few days in a row. —

Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024 There’s been no indication of secret footsie with other franchises, a la the Miami Dolphins and a certain aging QB. —

Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 March 31 interview with FBI agents to see the shameless mental havoc wreaked by people like Trump and every Republican politician and pundit pimping, or even playing footsie with, a profoundly false election narrative. —

Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2021 Instead of rejecting these forces, too many members of today’s Republican Party play footsie with them – or flat-out embrace their rhetoric and ideas. —

Jill Filipovic, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for footsie