Search Result:footling
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˋfUtlIŋ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊfuːtliŋ 〕
Overview of verb footle
The verb footle has 2 senses
- loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around -- (be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?")
- footle -- (act foolishly, as by talking nonsense)
Overview of adj footling
The adj footling has 1 sense
- fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")