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BNC: 24954 COCA: 27582

footloose

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footloose /ˈfʊtˌluːs/ adjective
footloose
/ˈfʊtˌluːs/
adjective
Learner's definition of FOOTLOOSE
[more footloose; most footloose]
: able to act or move freely : not held back by ties to other people自由自在的;不受拘束的
BNC: 24954 COCA: 27582

footloose

adjective

foot·​loose ˈfu̇t-ˌlüs How to pronounce footloose (audio)
: having no ties : free to move about

Example Sentences

When she was 20, she was footloose and fancy-free, with no family or serious career to tie her down. after having been chained for so long, the suddenly footloose dog ran helter-skelter about the yard
Recent Examples on the Web And at last, everybody got the chance to cut footloose. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022 To attract those footloose workers, employers are far more likely to offer remote work now than before the pandemic, according to a report Thursday from Indeed, an employment and research site. Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 16 June 2022 The world’s most populous democracy has a long history with footloose lawmakers. Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022 This is not by any means an excuse to hit the beach, footloose and sunscreen-free. Rachel Nall, Msn, SELF, 7 Feb. 2022 Of course, as future of work expert, Steve Cadigan highlights in Workquake, this bargaining relationship is complicated by the increasingly footloose nature of the modern worker. Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021 My inalienable right to wander around footloose and fancy-free just got snuffed. Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 27 July 2021 Back in 1893 Luigi Cecchi founded his Tuscan winery in the hills of the Chianti Classico region, which back then had a rather footloose approach to what a Chianti should be. John Mariani, Forbes, 25 June 2021 The idea that staying childless and footloose is more satisfying is, on average, wrong. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of footloose was in 1650
BNC: 24954 COCA: 27582

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