tootsie

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tootsie
Noun
  • Even though she's never been a big nail art gal, Selena Gomez always has fun with her manicures.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Sunday’s state average of $3.22/gal is an increase of more than $0.03/gal from a week ago, according to AAA – The Auto Club Group.
    Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There’s also murder and intrigue involving the secretary’s beautiful mistress, played by Sean Young.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In 1987, Hackman starred opposite Kevin Costner and Sean Young in Roger Donaldson's No Way Out, which finds his desperate government bigwig David Brice with blood on his hands after the accidental murder of his mistress.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no need to sing a song of a lass that is gone.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • That's absolutely the wildest way to welcome a lass to your city.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In a video of the moment shared to X (formerly Twitter), Chalamet looked to his girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, for support after Brody's victory was announced, sharing a sweet kiss.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • His bafflingly loyal girlfriend, Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), makes the unfortunate choice to follow him.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sebastian’s inamorata, Ellie (Leslie Bibb), is the only daughter of hotel magnate William Collins XII (David Rasche) and his US senator wife, Tigger (Kim Cattrall); and, yes, Tigger is her government name.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • The idyllic scenery also represents the happy ending that Yadra’s lesbian daughter, Zelia, wants to imagine about what happened to her great aunt Nena, who chose to stay behind in Cuba to be with her married inamorata, Antonia.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • Jenner has consistently supported her auteur beau’s press tour for his Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown—including the awards circuit.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Jenner also attended the afterparty of the Los Angeles A Complete Unknown premiere in December, mingling with her beau’s co-stars and leaving the function with him hand-in-hand.
    Esther Kang, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In it, Gaga says goodbye to her boyfriend (played by Hernández) before getting on a plane to Paris to follow her dreams as a chef.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article Prosecutors on Saturday night backed up what family members of tragic victim Pamela Alcantara have been saying — that her boyfriend allegedly killed her in retaliation for planning to break off their relationship.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The food offer comprises bakery items, bowls, sweets like brownies or brigadeiros, the typical Brazilian chocolate truffles, all made using natural, high-quality ingredients.
    Andrea Onate, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
  • In the pantheon of Chicago sweets, few are more beloved than Frango Mints and Garrett Popcorn.
    Monica Eng, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Tootsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tootsie. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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