FOOTLE

footle

(verb) act foolishly, as by talking nonsense

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

footle (third-person singular simple present footles, present participle footling, simple past and past participle footled)

To waste time; to trifle.

To talk nonsense.

Synonyms

• (waste time): see loiter

• (talk nonsense): babble, jabber

Noun

footle (uncountable)

nonsense; foolishness.

Synonyms

• See nonsense

Source: Wiktionary

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