footle
Meaning
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- To waste time; to trifle.
- To talk nonsense.
Synonyms
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fuːtəl/
Etymology
Probably variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.
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