footle

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fo͞otəl, IPA^(key): /fuːtəl/
• Rhymes: -uːtəl

Verb

1. To waste time; to trifle.
2. To talk nonsense.

Synonyms

• (waste time): see Thesaurus:loiter
• (talk nonsense): babble, jabber

Derived terms

• footler

Translations

To talk nonsense

• Bulgarian: говоря глупости (govorja gluposti)
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Noun

footle (uncountable)

1. nonsense; foolishness.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

nonsense;foolishness

• Bulgarian: глупост (bg) f (glupost), безсмислица (bg) f (bezsmislica)
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