Footling
[foo t-ling] /ˈfʊt lɪŋ/
adjective, Informal.
1.
foolish; silly:
ridiculous, footling remarks.
2.
trifling or useless.
[foo t-l] /ˈfʊt l/ Informal.
verb (used without object), footled, footling.
1.
to act or talk in a foolish or silly way.
noun
2.
nonsense; foolishness; silliness.
/ˈfuːtlɪŋ/
adjective
1.
(informal) silly, trivial, or petty
/ˈfuːtəl/
verb (intransitive)
1.
often foll by around or about. to loiter aimlessly; potter
2.
to talk nonsense
noun
3.
(rare) foolishness
v.
“to trifle,” 1892, from dialectal footer “to trifle,” footy “mean, paltry” (1752), perhaps from French se foutre “to care nothing,” from Old French foutre “to copulate with,” from Latin futuere, originally “to strike, thrust” (cf. confute). But OED derives the English dialect words from foughty (c.1600), from Dutch vochtig or Danish fugtig “damp, musty;” related to fog (n.).
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- Footlong
[foo t-lawng, -long] /ˈfʊtˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ/ adjective 1. approximately one foot in length: Their specialty is footlong hotdogs. noun 2. something that is approximately one foot in length.
- Footloose
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- Footloose and fancy-free
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