Definition of footling

Overview of verb footle

The verb footle has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. 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?")

2. footle

(act foolishly, as by talking nonsense)

Overview of adj footling

The adj footling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. 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")