footled

Verb

footle (third-person singular simple present footles, present participle footling, simple past and past participle footled)

1. To waste time; to trifle.
   • Curtis says that he works like any other journalist: people and ideas grab him; he wastes time on TikTok, which he adores; he footles about in libraries.2021 January 28, Sam Knight, “Adam Curtis Explains It All”, in The New Yorker

   Synonyms:

   arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dally, dawdle, dick about, dick around

2. To talk nonsense.

   Synonyms:

   babble, jabber

3. (archaic, vulgar) To have sex.

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