footle
Verb
Verb Forms: footled, footling, footles
- To waste time or busy oneself in a desultory way.
- be about
- act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
- To waste time; to trifle.
- To talk nonsense.
- to have sex
Noun
- nonsense; foolishness.
Examples
- While my opponent would FOOTLE, I would meticulously plan my next Scrabble move.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, arse about, arse around, babble, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dally, dawdle, dick about, dick around, diddle, dilly-dally, dretch, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, footle, forslow, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang out, horse around, idle, jabber, jerk off, lamp, laze, laze about, laze around, loaf about, loaf around, lollop, mess around, muck about, muck around, nonsense, piddle, pingle, stand by, tool around, waste time, while
Scrabble Score: 9
footle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfootle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
footle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary