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Footle

🔄 Synonyms of "Footle"

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WordDefinition
loungenoun(intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
tarryverb(intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
lurkverbTo hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
lallygagverbTo dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
loiterverbTo stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
mill aboutverb(intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
loafnoun(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
lollygagverb(US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
hang aroundverb(idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter.
mill aroundverb(intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
mess aboutverb(intransitive) To misbehave
lingerverb(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Footle"

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WordDefinition
mess aboutverb(intransitive) To misbehave
lollygagverb(US) To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
loungenoun(intransitive) To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
loiterverbTo stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly.
hang aroundverb(idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter.
lurkverbTo hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
mill aboutverb(intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
mill aroundverb(intransitive, usually of a group of people) To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
tarryverb(intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
lingerverb(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
lallygagverbTo dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
loafnoun(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
footle awayverb(colloquial, transitive) To waste (time).
footle aboutverbTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.
footle aroundverbTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.
dallynounSeveral wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.
fiddle-faddlenounnonsense
fool aroundverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.
fribblenounA trifling action.
fiddle aroundverb(intransitive, or transitive with "with") To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).

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