footloose

English

Etymology

foot +‎ loose

Adjective

footloose (comparative more footloose, superlative most footloose)

1. Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.

   He was footloose in his youth.

2. (nautical) Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.

Translations

tending to travel

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tending to do as one pleases

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• Spanish: despreocupado (es)

without many commitments or responsibility

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• German: ungebunden
• Spanish: sin compromiso, libre (es)

(nautical) not properly secured at the bottom

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Derived terms

• footloose and fancy free

See also

• itchy feet
• wanderlust