footled

Variant of footle

intransitive verb footled, footling

Chiefly Brit., Informal to act or talk foolishly

Origin: altered (prob. after futile) < dial. footer, to trifle < Fr foutre, orig., to copulate with < L futuere < IE *bhaut- < base *bhau- > beat

noun

Chiefly Brit., Informal foolishness; nonsense; twaddle
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