footle
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Idioms.
Related to footle: footler, Google Maps
foo·tle
(fo͞ot′l) Informalintr.v. foo·tled, foo·tling, foo·tles
1. To waste time; trifle.
2. To talk nonsense.
n.
Nonsense; foolishness.
[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; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]
foo′tler n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
footle
(ˈfuːtəl)vb (intr)
1. (often foll by: around or about) to loiter aimlessly; potter
2. to talk nonsense
n
rare foolishness
[C19: probably from French foutre to copulate with, from Latin futuere]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
foot•le
(ˈfʊt l)v. -led, -ling,
n. Informal. v.i.
1. to act or talk in a foolish way.
n. 2. nonsense; foolishness.
[1890–95; orig. uncertain]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
footle
, footling - To footle is to talk or act foolishly, from the old verb meaning "bungle"; as an adjective, footle (or footling) refers to something trifling or silly.See also related terms for silly.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
footle
Past participle: footled
Gerund: footling
| Imperative |
|---|
| footle |
| footle |
| Present |
|---|
| I footle |
| you footle |
| he/she/it footles |
| we footle |
| you footle |
| they footle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I footled |
| you footled |
| he/she/it footled |
| we footled |
| you footled |
| they footled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am footling |
| you are footling |
| he/she/it is footling |
| we are footling |
| you are footling |
| they are footling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have footled |
| you have footled |
| he/she/it has footled |
| we have footled |
| you have footled |
| they have footled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was footling |
| you were footling |
| he/she/it was footling |
| we were footling |
| you were footling |
| they were footling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had footled |
| you had footled |
| he/she/it had footled |
| we had footled |
| you had footled |
| they had footled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will footle |
| you will footle |
| he/she/it will footle |
| we will footle |
| you will footle |
| they will footle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have footled |
| you will have footled |
| he/she/it will have footled |
| we will have footled |
| you will have footled |
| they will have footled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be footling |
| you will be footling |
| he/she/it will be footling |
| we will be footling |
| you will be footling |
| they will be footling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been footling |
| you have been footling |
| he/she/it has been footling |
| we have been footling |
| you have been footling |
| they have been footling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been footling |
| you will have been footling |
| he/she/it will have been footling |
| we will have been footling |
| you will have been footling |
| they will have been footling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been footling |
| you had been footling |
| he/she/it had been footling |
| we had been footling |
| you had been footling |
| they had been footling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would footle |
| you would footle |
| he/she/it would footle |
| we would footle |
| you would footle |
| they would footle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have footled |
| you would have footled |
| he/she/it would have footled |
| we would have footled |
| you would have footled |
| they would have footled |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
Verb 1. [画像:footle - be about]footle - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
hang around, lallygag, loiter, lollygag, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger, loaf
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
2. footle - act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
footle
[ˈfuːtl]A. VT to footle away → malgastar
B. VI (= waste time) → perder el tiempo ; (= act the fool) → hacer el tonto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
footle
vi to footle about (inf) → herumpusseln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995