Shobdo Logo
ONADkeepy-uppy

keepy-uppy

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

keepy-uppy /ˈkēpēˌəpē, ˈkipiˌəpi / (also keepy-up)
noun British informal a game whose aim is to keep a soccer ball in the air for as long as possible by bouncing it off any part of the body except the hands and arm:
a bunch of kids gather around to play keepy-uppy
he hoofs a football over a garden fence during a game of keepy-uppy
[count noun] fans turned out just to watch him do a few keepy-uppies.
– ORIGIN 1950s : (originally Scots, as keepy-up): from keep + -y2 + up + -y2.
keepy-uppy — ONAD · Shobdo