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单词 footle
释义

footle

[ foot-l ]
/ ˈfʊt l /
Informal.

verb (used without object), foot·led, foot·ling.

to act or talk in a foolish or silly way.

noun

nonsense; foolishness; silliness.

Origin of footle

1890–95; origin uncertain; cf. footy

Words nearby footle

foot-in-mouth, foot-in-mouth disease, foot in one's mouth, put one's, foot in the door, get one's, foot-lambert, footle, footless, footlet, foot level, footlight, footlights
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Example sentences from the Web for footle

  • I never did it myself—I think it's footle—but lots and lots do.

    The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice|E. V. Lucas

British Dictionary definitions for footle

footle
/ (ˈfuːtəl) informal /

verb (intr)

(often foll by around or about) to loiter aimlessly; potter
to talk nonsense

noun

rare foolishness

Word Origin for footle

C19: probably from French foutre to copulate with, from Latin futuere
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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