Verb: footle foo-t(u)l
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
"The high school students like to footle in the Central Square";
- loiter, lounge, lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], hang around, mess about [informal], tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dillydally [informal], dilly-dally [informal], mooch [Brit, informal]
- Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
"The comedian footled on stage, much to the audience's amusement"
Derived forms: footled, footles, footling
Type of: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do, wait