Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pootle
Participle: pootled
Gerund: pootling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pootle |
| you | pootle |
| he;she;it | pootles |
| we | pootle |
| you | pootle |
| they | pootle |
Perfect
| I | have pootled |
| you | have pootled |
| he;she;it | has pootled |
| we | have pootled |
| you | have pootled |
| they | have pootled |
Past
| I | pootled |
| you | pootled |
| he;she;it | pootled |
| we | pootled |
| you | pootled |
| they | pootled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pootled |
| you | had pootled |
| he;she;it | had pootled |
| we | had pootled |
| you | had pootled |
| they | had pootled |
Future
| I | will pootle |
| you | will pootle |
| he;she;it | will pootle |
| we | will pootle |
| you | will pootle |
| they | will pootle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pootled |
| you | will have pootled |
| he;she;it | will have pootled |
| we | will have pootled |
| you | will have pootled |
| they | will have pootled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pootle |
| you | pootle |
| he;she;it | pootle |
| we | pootle |
| you | pootle |
| they | pootle |
Perfect
| I | have pootled |
| you | have pootled |
| he;she;it | have pootled |
| we | have pootled |
| you | have pootled |
| they | have pootled |
Imperfect
| I | pootled |
| you | pootled |
| he;she;it | pootled |
| we | pootled |
| you | pootled |
| they | pootled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pootled |
| you | had pootled |
| he;she;it | had pootled |
| we | had pootled |
| you | had pootled |
| they | had pootled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pootle |
| you | would pootle |
| he;she;it | would pootle |
| we | would pootle |
| you | would pootle |
| they | would pootle |
Perfect
| I | would have pootled |
| you | would have pootled |
| he;she;it | would have pootled |
| we | would have pootled |
| you | would have pootled |
| they | would have pootled |
Imperative
| you | pootle |
| we | Let's pootle |
| you | pootle |
Verbs conjugated like 'pootle'
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 'pootle'
footle,
rootle,
tootle,
bootleg,
bottle,
coole,
doodle,
foozle,
google,
Google,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Apparently an alteration of poodle, from German Low German Pudel, from the onomatopoeic term pudeln (“to splash about”) by its merging with tootle. Alternatively, a blending of doodle (to draw aimlessly) with potter (to move aimlessly)—as reported by 1970s English visitors to Australia.
Sample Sentences
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Prince William, in a surprise break from the schedule, borrowed his father's 41-year-old open-topped Aston Martin to pootle down the Mall to Clarence House with his new bride. [2011 April 30, Stephen Bates, “Prince William takes new wife for a spin in father's Aston Martin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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You turn up every morning for the ‘ward round’, where your whole team of doctors pootles past each of their patients. [2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor:]
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"I'm in favour of this, although it'll look pathetic/insane on a two-car Class 150 pootling through Nunthorpe," said one user on X. [2026 January 21, Richard Wilcock, “GBR goes back to the future”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 33:]