footle

foo·tle

F0237300 (fo͞ot′l) Informal intr.v. foo·tled, foo·tling, foo·tles 1. To waste time; trifle.2. To talk nonsense.n. Nonsense; foolishness.

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[Probably variant of footer, to screw around, from obsolete fouter, an act of sexual intercourse, from French foutre, to have sexual intercourse, from Latin futuere; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

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foo′tler n.

footle

(ˈfuːtəl) vb (intr) 1. (often foll by: around or about) to loiter aimlessly; potter2. to talk nonsensenrare foolishness[C19: probably from French foutre to copulate with, from Latin futuere]

foot•le

(ˈfʊt l)

v. -led, -ling,
n. Informal. v.i. 1. to act or talk in a foolish way. n. 2. nonsense; foolishness. [1890–95; orig. uncertain]

footle

, footling - To footle is to talk or act foolishly, from the old verb meaning "bungle"; as an adjective, footle (or footling) refers to something trifling or silly.See also related terms for silly.

footle

Past participle: footled
Gerund: footling

Imperative
footle
footle

Present
I footle
you footle
he/she/it footles
we footle
you footle
they footle

Preterite
I footled
you footled
he/she/it footled
we footled
you footled
they footled

Present Continuous
I am footling
you are footling
he/she/it is footling
we are footling
you are footling
they are footling

Present Perfect
I have footled
you have footled
he/she/it has footled
we have footled
you have footled
they have footled

Past Continuous
I was footling
you were footling
he/she/it was footling
we were footling
you were footling
they were footling

Past Perfect
I had footled
you had footled
he/she/it had footled
we had footled
you had footled
they had footled

Future
I will footle
you will footle
he/she/it will footle
we will footle
you will footle
they will footle

Future Perfect
I will have footled
you will have footled
he/she/it will have footled
we will have footled
you will have footled
they will have footled

Future Continuous
I will be footling
you will be footling
he/she/it will be footling
we will be footling
you will be footling
they will be footling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been footling
you have been footling
he/she/it has been footling
we have been footling
you have been footling
they have been footling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been footling
you will have been footling
he/she/it will have been footling
we will have been footling
you will have been footling
they will have been footling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been footling
you had been footling
he/she/it had been footling
we had been footling
you had been footling
they had been footling

Conditional
I would footle
you would footle
he/she/it would footle
we would footle
you would footle
they would footle

Past Conditional
I would have footled
you would have footled
he/she/it would have footled
we would have footled
you would have footled
they would have footled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	footle - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"hang around, lallygag, loiter, lollygag, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger, loafbe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"prowl, lurch - loiter about, with no apparent aim
	2.	footle - act foolishly, as by talking nonsensebehave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

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