tootsies

noun

plural of tootsie
as in gals

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  1. gals
  2. lasses
  3. girlfriends
  4. mistresses
  5. girls
  6. boys
  7. boyfriends
  8. lovers
Noun
  • Just like the guys, the gals danced to a top-charting song from the year they were born.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Both players, arrested in the offseason on charges tied to domestic abuse involving their girlfriends, remain the subjects of ongoing league investigations.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There was a coordinated social media effort by the NFL to allow some of the league’s star quarterbacks — namely Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow and Jaxson Dart — to have their popular girlfriends canoodling with them at preseason practices.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of girlfriends
Noun
  • Most of Jack’s mistresses did not express much concern about Jackie.
    — Laurence Leamer, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Wives and mistresses battle each other in the French court of King Henry II and in the palace of Maharaja Madho Singh II.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of mistresses
Noun
  • Two teenage girls spent months plotting a mass shooting in Riverside County, officials say.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The project at Trinity, an all-girls Roman Catholic school, ties into the church’s global initiatives to embrace environmental justice.
    — Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of girls
Noun
  • The inspiration started with two boys needing a place to sit.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Their teammate had begun the season competing in boys’ races before switching to girls’ competition.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of boys
Noun
  • And, if so, what will happen to all those chatbot boyfriends?
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • This one’s for the chocolate lovers who appreciate a little mythology lesson, too.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Star-crossed lovers sing right past each other on the duet from Bryan’s new Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs EP.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lovers
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“Tootsies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tootsies. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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