footy tipping

English

Etymology

Compound of footy +‎ tipping.

Noun

footy tipping (uncountable)

1. (Australia) A competition where entrants aim to predict the winners of football matches over the course of the season.
   • 2012 November 2, Fiona Henderson, “Ballarat's OAM Mary Nolan is fighting for change”, in The Courier‎^[1]:

     Chris has won the footy tipping at his nursing home two years in a row by blinking his selections and is now eating lunch after his parents were told he would never eat solid food again.

   • 2016 May 9, Adam Morton, “Election 2016: Bill Shorten, man-of-the-workers, returns to Beaconsfield”, in The Age‎^[2]:

     They chatted about the rescue, how mutual acquaintances in the community were faring and the footy tipping before Shorten was interrupted by a couple full of praise.