Usually means: Engage in pointless or futile activities.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. footle: Merriam-Webster
  2. footle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. footle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. footle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. footle: Vocabulary.com
  6. footle: Wiktionary
  7. footle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. footle: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. footle: Dictionary.com
  10. footle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. footle: Rhymezone
  12. footle: FreeDictionary.org
  13. footle: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. footle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. footle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. footle: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. footle: A Word A Day

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. footle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Footle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To waste time; to trifle.
verb:  To talk nonsense.
noun:  nonsense; foolishness.

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