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tootsie

3 8.5

A small foot, often a child's, said in a playful way

noun
/ˈtʊtsi/

Baby Talk

: piececita

She loves to paint her little brother's tootsies with bright colors.
little tootsies
tootsies are warm
nice little tootsies

I currently have this on my tootsies, although I'm still not sure about blue on toenails, but meh.

Examples

After a long day, I like to soak my tired tootsies in warm water.
Watch your tootsies.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Oh, what a big tootsie.

Saw (2004)
Our little tootsie is boarding the plane right now.

The Phantom (1996)
But my tootsies are a little bit cold.

The Naughty Nine (2023)
Take a load off those lovely tootsies.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
Get your tootsies out here, pronto.

The Wedding Planner (2001)
You're walking, your tootsies are warm, you're laughing.

Monkeybone (2001)
My tootsies are ticklish.

Action Point (2018)
Look at those tiny tootsies playing in the sand at the beach.

Synonyms

tootsy

vstootsie

Baby Talk

1 9.7

A playful word children use for a foot or toe

refers affectionately to a small or child's foot rather than any toe

Surface Forms

tootsie singular

tootsies plural

Morphology

tootsie = toot (semi-transparent) = toot + sie

Formed as a playful diminutive (base 'toot' in childlike speech) plus the affectionate suffix '-sie'; the relation to 'small foot' is somewhat guessable but nonstandard.

Etymology

The word tootsie probably comes from baby talk that turns toe into a small, cute form like 'toesie'. So tootsie is used for a small or child's foot.