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; ā€œThe high school students like to loiter in the Central Squareā€; ā€œWho is this man that is hanging around the department?ā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


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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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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