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foodie

[ foo-dee ]

/ ˈfu di /

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noun Slang.

a person keenly interested in food, especially in eating or cooking.

Origin of foodie

food + -ie, perhaps in part extracted from junkie

Words nearby foodie

food vacuole, food vessel, food web, food-gathering, foodaholic, foodie, foodstuff, foofaraw, fool, fool and his money are soon parted, a, fool around

Example sentences from the Web for foodie

Surveys may portray us as picky, but in reality our foodie culture is thriving as never before.

Brits Are Very Fussy Eaters |Emma Woolf |August 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Nutella can play the foodie card only in America, Leong points out.

How Nutella Conquered America |Emily Shire |May 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And so I went to talk to him about food and our foodie moment.

This Book Will Change the Way You Eat |Lucas Wittmann |December 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
AM: As far as me being a foodie... If a foodie means that I love to eat food, then yes, I am a foodie.

Today's Special Spices Up the Big Screen |Shefali Kulkarni |November 23, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

All these foodie facts also humanize people often seen as larger-than-life.

Eating With the Stars |Kara Cutruzzula |August 3, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
But sure the boys' kep their word to him, anyhow, in regard of shootin' Foodie Flattery.

Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories |William Carleton
The state of the country, and Foodie's character, justified his apprehension on suspicion.

Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories |William Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for foodie

foodie

foody

/ (ˈfuːdɪ) /

noun plural -ies

a person having an enthusiastic interest in the preparation and consumption of good food