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foostering

foostering is the present participle and gerund of fooster.

Meaning of fooster

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

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Questions about foostering

What is foostering the present participle and gerund of?
Foostering is the present participle and gerund of fooster.

Words near foostering in the dictionary

  1. Fooses
  2. fooster
  3. foostered
  4. foosterer
  5. foosterers
  6. foostering
  7. foosters
  8. foosther
  9. foosthered
  10. foostherer
  11. foostherers

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