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    [Verb]  | "foo*tle" | \ ˈfü-tᵊl \


    1: to talk or act foolishly

    2: to waste time : trifle, fool


    Origin: 1891 ;

     Probably alteration of footer to waste time;

    [Verb]  | "footle" 


    1: to spend time doing nothing;


      * e.g., " ... spent the morning footling about while others were working "



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     [ "Footle" ]

    1: Verb. To Footle. Footling is voluntarily undertaking a work type task in your own leisure time but in a half arsed or at least, unproductive, way. Footling is enjoyable to the footler, a bit like pottering. Pottering is normally done in a home or leisure environment, where as footling is undertaken in a work environment. Footle is often used in a derogatory sense to indicate someone is doing a piss poor job of something, or to communicate the lack of importance of a particular job.

      * e.g.,  ... "Nevermind painting that, stop footling about and put the fucking fence up" "Hey dude, what you up to? 

     [ "Footles" ]

    1: Handles on the bottom of doors that let you open the door with a foot.

      * e.g.,  ... Thornton's gas station is the first place I saw footles in use. 

     [ "Footling" ]

    1: The sexual act of pleasing your self with a Subway $5 footlong

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Hey, can i borrow five bucks? I'm gonna get a footling from Subway. 

     [ "Footle" ]

    1: A foot which has formed into a turtle. Turtle feet

      * e.g.,  ... 'Omy my foot has turned into a footle' 

     [ "Footle" ]

    1: To waste time doing things that are not important or necessary.

      * e.g.,  ... Stop footle with these books and do your homework. 

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