Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to footle
Participle: footled
Gerund: footling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | footle |
| you | footle |
| he;she;it | footles |
| we | footle |
| you | footle |
| they | footle |
Perfect
| I | have footled |
| you | have footled |
| he;she;it | has footled |
| we | have footled |
| you | have footled |
| they | have footled |
Past
| I | footled |
| you | footled |
| he;she;it | footled |
| we | footled |
| you | footled |
| they | footled |
Pluperfect
| I | had footled |
| you | had footled |
| he;she;it | had footled |
| we | had footled |
| you | had footled |
| they | had footled |
Future
| I | will footle |
| you | will footle |
| he;she;it | will footle |
| we | will footle |
| you | will footle |
| they | will footle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have footled |
| you | will have footled |
| he;she;it | will have footled |
| we | will have footled |
| you | will have footled |
| they | will have footled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | footle |
| you | footle |
| he;she;it | footle |
| we | footle |
| you | footle |
| they | footle |
Perfect
| I | have footled |
| you | have footled |
| he;she;it | have footled |
| we | have footled |
| you | have footled |
| they | have footled |
Imperfect
| I | footled |
| you | footled |
| he;she;it | footled |
| we | footled |
| you | footled |
| they | footled |
Pluperfect
| I | had footled |
| you | had footled |
| he;she;it | had footled |
| we | had footled |
| you | had footled |
| they | had footled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would footle |
| you | would footle |
| he;she;it | would footle |
| we | would footle |
| you | would footle |
| they | would footle |
Perfect
| I | would have footled |
| you | would have footled |
| he;she;it | would have footled |
| we | would have footled |
| you | would have footled |
| they | would have footled |
Imperative
| you | footle |
| we | Let's footle |
| you | footle |
Verbs conjugated like 'footle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'footle'
foozle,
pootle,
rootle,
tootle,
bootleg,
bottle,
coole,
doodle,
fettle,
firtle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- waste time
- diddle, loiter
- to be idle
- arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dawdle, dick about, dick around, dilly-dally, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, horse around, idle, jerk off, lallygag, laze, laze about, laze around, linger, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, loiter, lollygag, mess around, mill about, mill around, muck about, muck around, tarry, waste time, while
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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. See: French '
foutre'.
Verbs referencing "footle"
French
foutre, Spanish
joder.
Sample Sentences
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Curtis says that he works like any other journalist: people and ideas grab him; he wastes time on TikTok, which he adores; he footles about in libraries. [2021 January 28, Sam Knight, “Adam Curtis Explains It All”, in The New Yorker:]