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footle

foo·tle [ ft'l ] (past and past participle foo·tled, present participle foo·tling, 3rd person present singular foo·tles)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
act aimlessly: to waste time doing unnecessary or unimportant things ( informal )

[Late 19th century. Origin ?]

foo·tler noun
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