Adjective: footling foo-tu-ling or foot-ling
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Small and of little importance
"a footling gesture";
- fiddling [informal], lilliputian [informal], little [informal], niggling [informal], piddling [informal], piffling [informal], petty [informal], picayune [N. Amer, informal], trivial [informal], niggly [informal], piddly [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"
See also: unimportant
Type of: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do, wait