tootsie

/ˈtʊtsi/
noun
  1. A sweetheart, lover, or romantic partner.
    • My tootsie and I are going to the movies tonight.
    • He brought flowers home for his tootsie.
    • She called her husband her tootsie when he surprised her with dinner.
  2. A child's word for a foot or toe.
    • After the long walk, my tootsies were sore.
    • The baby grabbed her own tootsie and giggled.
    • He wiggled his little tootsies in the warm sand.
  3. A playful or affectionate term for a young child or small animal.
    • The puppy is such a cute tootsie when it sleeps.
    • Come here, you little tootsie, and give Grandma a hug.
    • She called her toddler tootsie as she tucked him into bed.
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