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tootsie

noun

Definition of tootsienext
as in gal

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  1. gal
  2. mistress
  3. girl
  4. lass
  5. boy
  6. girlfriend
  7. inamorata
  8. beau
Noun
  • The two Targaryen gals presented Sally Field with the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Remarkably Bright Creatures.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Hudson posted photos and videos of Cunningham’s birthday celebration, presumably at Osage Beach, on Instagram Stories, sharing video of the birthday gal blowing out candles on a cake.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of gal
Noun
  • Related Stories The centerpiece confrontation behind The Betrayers comes between Baruch Kotler, the politician played by Michael Aronov, who betrays his wife and daughter when his affair with his mistress, Leora, played by Kaelen Ohm, is exposed.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Fortune was a fickle mistress for the Buffs, who would have something good followed almost immediately by the unfortunate.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of mistress
Noun
  • Unusually for a girl of her time, Schachtel’s mother had learned Hebrew and Talmud.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The horrors for women and girls are prevalent everywhere, Theron said, but her native South Africa is particularly devastated by it.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of girl
Noun
  • The plot imperative of future Irina surviving to play a significant role in later seasons of For All Mankind gives us so much runway to imagine wild twists and turns for this crafty lass.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of lass
Noun
  • Brody Drewes shot 68 (-4) to help Lake Minneola boys golf edge Eustis by one stroke to win the West Orange Invitational.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Even though the Longs have no more boys arriving at La Serna, there’s a sister who will be freshman next year at La Serna.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of boy
Noun
  • Each was fatally stabbed at an off-campus home on King Road where the three women lived and Chapin stayed over for the night with Kernodle, his girlfriend.
    — Kevin Fixler September 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Hickerson previously broke his silence on his girlfriend’s passing through a statement from his attorney Sloan Ellis.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of girlfriend
Noun
  • Platter remained seemingly unseduced, although, as a talented lutist, he was once recruited to serenade another man’s inamorata for a full ninety minutes.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Sebastian’s inamorata, Ellie (Leslie Bibb), is the only daughter of hotel magnate William Collins XII (David Rasche) and his US senator wife, Tigger (Kim Cattrall); and, yes, Tigger is her government name.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
Definition of inamorata
Noun
  • Ask your beau to fasten it behind your neck; rubies, after all, are oh-so-romantic.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Season 5 ended on a cliffhanger for Emily and Gabriel — adrift on a yacht off the shores of Greece — while Mindy finds herself in a love triangle with Nico (Park's real-life former beau Paul Forman) and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of beau
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“Tootsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tootsie. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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