footle

Meanings

Verb

be about
act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
To waste time; to trifle.
To talk nonsense.
to have sex

Noun

nonsense; foolishness.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

arse about, arse around, babble, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dally, dawdle, dick about, dick around, diddle, dilly-dally, dretch, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, footle, forslow, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, horse around, idle, jabber, jerk off, lallygag, lamp, laze, laze about, laze around, linger, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, loiter, lollop, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mess around, mill about, mill around, muck about, muck around, nonsense, piddle, pingle, stand by, tarry, tool around, waste time, while

Scrabble Score: 9

footle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
footle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
footle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

footle is a valid Words With Friends word