Word Study
footle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb footle has 2 senses
- footle(v = verb.stative) hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" is one way to be
- footle(v = verb.social) Array - act foolishly, as by talking nonsense; Array is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentences:
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Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
footle, v.intr. (usu. foll. by about) colloq. behave foolishly or trivially.
Etymology
19th c.: perh. f. dial. footer idle
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