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fooster

fooster verb: to bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.

Verb

fooster (third-person singular simple present foosters, present participle foostering, simple past and past participle foostered)

  1. (Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
    • "Ony if he wouldn't spind so much time foosthering about with thim little hins, bad luck to thim, that lays an igg no bigger than a marble," she added plaintively, as the trio started down the village street.7 July 1894, Charles Dickens (editor), Kattie's Wedding, F. M. Evans and Co., Limited
  2. (Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle.
    • "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky

Noun

fooster (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) A confused hurry; bustle.

Forms of fooster

third-person singular presentfoosters
present participlefoostering
past participlefoostered
pastfoostered
alternative formfoosther

Origin of fooster

Borrowing of Irish fústar.

Words formed from fooster

Questions about fooster

What does fooster mean?
Fooster means to bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
What part of speech is fooster?
Fooster can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of fooster?
The past tense of fooster is foostered.

Words near fooster in the dictionary

  1. foosball
  2. foosballer
  3. foosballers
  4. foose
  5. Fooses
  6. fooster
  7. foostered
  8. foosterer
  9. foosterers
  10. foostering
  11. foosters

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