floozy adj.
1. (US) showy, stylish.
DN III:vii 543: floozy, adj. ‘Flossy,’ or ‘sporty.’ [...] ‘What a floozy hat.’. | ‘A Second Word-List From Nebraska’ in||
Front Page Act I: How long do you think you’ll last in that floosie job? | ||
Derby Dly Teleg. 17 Nov. 7/4: [headline] A Floozie dress Shop. | ||
Horseman, Pass By 71: The upshot of it was that we all ended up working in the garden [. . . .] She even had Hud out picking peas in his floosy pants. |
2. (US) over-dressed, over-made-up.
Black Swan Green 111: You’ll [...] pick up VD from some floozy greek temptress. |
3. (US) silly or light-headed.
Pikes Peek or Bust 19: [I]n the play Born Yesterday [...] Paul told his floozy girlfriend, Judy Holliday, ‘You’re not so smart. You don’t even know what a peninsula is.’ ‘Oh yes, I do,’ she answered. ‘That is the new medicine’. | ||
Sexus (1969) 470: Ratty, jailbird types, if male, and floozy, empty shits, if the other sex. |
4. (US Und.) immoral, corrupt, dissipated.
Und. and Prison Sl. | ||
Full Cycle 179: Ma handled the front bar and the floosy barmaid flirted with the bank clerk in the saloon. |
5. (US campus) sexy.
Campus Sl. Nov. 2: floozy – sexy. That blond in the low cut blouse sure looks floozy. |