footloose

footloose
a) Tending to travel or do as one pleases.

He was footloose in his youth.

b) A sail that is not properly secured at the bottom.

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  • Footloose — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para el musical del mismo nombre, véase Footloose (El Musical). Footloose Título Footloose Ficha técnica Dirección Herbert Ross Producción Lewi …   Wikipedia Español

  • footloose — adj. 1. without ties to a particular location; free to roam; wandering. Syn: aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant. [WordNet 1.5] 2. without dependents or responsibilities. Syn: untrammeled, untrammelled. [WordNet 1.5] 3. having no… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • footloose — (adj.) 1690s, in literal sense of free to move the feet, unshackled, from FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.) + LOOSE (Cf. loose). Figurative sense of free to act as one pleases is from 1873 …   Etymology dictionary

  • footloose — [adj] free easygoing, free and easy, go as you please, loose, unattached, uncommitted, unengaged; concepts 401,542 …   New thesaurus

  • footloose — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ free to go where one likes and do as one pleases …   English terms dictionary

  • footloose — [foot′lo͞os΄] adj. free to go wherever one likes or to do as one likes …   English World dictionary

  • Footloose — For the musical, see Footloose (musical). For the title song by Kenny Loggins from this movie, see Footloose (song). Infobox Film name = Footloose caption = Film poster for Footloose director = Herbert Ross producer = Lewis J. Rachmil Craig Zadan …   Wikipedia

  • Footloose — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Footloose Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Footloose — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Footloose est une comédie dramatique réalisée par Herbert Ross en 1984. Footloose est une comédie musicale de Walter Bobbie écrite par Dean Pitchford et… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • footloose — [[t]f ʊtluːs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as footloose, you mean that they have no responsibilities or commitments, and are therefore free to do what they want and go where they want. People that are single tend to be more footloose …   English dictionary

  • footloose — foot|loose [ˈfutlu:s] adj free to do exactly what you want because you have no responsibilities, for example when you are not married or do not have children ▪ footloose students traveling around Europe ▪ When the kids leave home, you ll be… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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