footle
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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
Verb [edit]
footle (third-person singular simple present footles, present participle footling, simple past and past participle footled)
Synonyms [edit]
- hang around
- lallygag
- loiter
- lollygag
- mess about
- mill about
- mill around
- tarry
- lounge
- lurk
- linger
- loaf
Derived terms [edit]
Noun [edit]
footle (uncountable)
