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footles

footles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of footle.

Meaning of footle

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
  2. To talk nonsense.
    Synonyms:
    babble, jabber
  3. (archaic, vulgar) To have sex.

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Phrases with footles

Questions about footles

What is footles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Footles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of footle.

Words near footles in the dictionary

  1. footled about
  2. footled around
  3. footled away
  4. footler
  5. footlers
  6. footles
  7. footles about
  8. footles around
  9. footles away
  10. footless
  11. footlessly

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