Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Probably variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.
bg безсмислица (nonsense; foolishness) · bg глупост (nonsense; foolishness)
Probably variant of footer (“to screw around”), from obsolete fouter (“an act of sexual intercourse”), from French foutre (“to have sexual intercourse”), from Latin futuere.
Curtis says that he works like any other journalist: people and ideas grab him; he wastes time on TikTok, which he adores; he footles about in libraries.2021 January 28, Sam Knight, “Adam Curtis Explains It All”, in The New Yorker:
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|---|---|---|---|
| footled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| footled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| footling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| footles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
footle away · footle around · footler · footle about
fanny around · fool around · diddle · arse around · lamp · loaf around · tool around · jabber · loaf · babble · clown around · dretch · hang around · laze about · fiddle around · forslow · lollop · fool about · loaf about · fart around · bludge · waste time · lallygag · mill around · drumble · mill about · horse around · jerk off · loiter · bum around · lollygag · while · laze around · muck around · footle · laze · hang about · dawdle · dilly-dally · faff about · fanny about · mess around · dally · goof off · idle · piddle · faff · faff around · dick around · fiddle about · tarry · stand by · fart about · hang out · muck about · cabbage · pingle · linger · dick about · goof around · arse about
bg говоря глупости (to talk nonsense) · cmn 讲废话 (to talk nonsense)