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Definition of "footloose" [footloose]

  • Having no attachments or ties; free to do as one pleases. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "footloose" in a sentence
  • "These are industries the authors define as "footloose" - they can locate almost anywhere."
  • "The New York Times once described as a footloose childhood."
  • "So I have had the song 'footloose' in my head for the last week and a half, and little dancing men have been prancing around my mindscape the whole time."