verb
footle
Footle (verb) means (informal) To waste time doing nothing useful.
verb
1
(informal) To waste time doing nothing useful.
"Curtis says that he works like any other journalist: people and ideas grab him; he wastes time on TikTok, which he adores; he footles about in libraries."
— Sam Knight, Adam Curtis Explains It All (2021)
2
(informal) To talk rubbish.
3
(informal, dated) To have sex.
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Etymology
Probably a variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.
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What is the meaning of footle?
"footle" (verb) means (informal) To waste time doing nothing useful.
What is another word for footle?
Other words for "footle" include lallygag, loiter, tarry, lollygag, linger, loaf.
What are the different meanings of footle?
"footle" has 3 main meanings: 1. (informal) To waste time doing nothing useful; 2. (informal) To talk rubbish; 3. (informal, dated) To have sex.
