tootsies

noun

plural of tootsie
as in gals

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tootsies
  1. gals
  2. lasses
  3. girlfriends
  4. mistresses
  5. girls
  6. boys
  7. boyfriends
  8. lovers
Noun
  • This versatile style is great for the lazy gals who like to just get out of the shower and go.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • All the low-maintenance gals out there can sit pretty with a no-frills lob like this one by stylist Ashley Ruiz.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
Definition of gals
Noun
  • 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
  • Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Definition of lasses
Noun
  • Two 20-something girlfriends shared a plate to my right, while a group of middle-aged white men traveling from Houston took up a conversation with the cashier.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Most coverage treated them as curiosities, a labor squabble in a faraway factory town, an authoritarian quirk about digital girlfriends.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • The Getty Suite speaks for itself with its throne-like chairs, opulent tapestries, carved rose wooden ceiling and connecting door into the Medici Suite (CH) where Getty put up some of his mistresses.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
  • On the other hand, Dunaway and her tart-talking sidekick, Brenda Vaccaro, seem to be having the time of their lives as mistresses of the shades of darkness (their ramshackle abode is a funhouse Ghost Train ride festooned with skeletons, spiders and tattered netting).
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Definition of mistresses
Noun
  • Home to Camp Rockmont for boys and Merri-Mac for girls (among others), this small Blue Ridge Mountain town is just 15 miles east of Asheville.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
  • Patty, an aerobics instructor, went to the bar with a coworker for a girls’ night out, according to the Gifford family.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of girls
Noun
  • Before that, though, 25-year-old Stephanie Hartwell walked her four children — a girl, twin boys, and a younger boy — to the bus stop and sent them off to school.
    — Samantha Springer, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • With both boys squarely in their young adulthood, the film not only uses intimacy to depict the evolution of their relationship but also offers a realistic representation of teen sexuality.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of boys
Noun
  • As with Yarmosky, Holmes seemed to be having fun with these boyfriends, according to The Cut.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • The singer and Gomez met through their respective ex-boyfriends, Joe and Nick Jonas, in 2008.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • This is the Prairie School thumbprint that Condé Nast Traveler ranks among the world's best small cities for architecture lovers.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • And despite wrapping production before the Canadian series aired, this new movie also mirrors it with a scene in which the two lovers stare at each other across a crowded nightclub dance floor.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of lovers
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