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footling definition
footling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb footle 1 of 2 senses of footle Sense 1 loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => prowl, lurch Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb footle 1 of 2 senses of footle Sense 1 loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => prowl, lurch Entailment of verb footle Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb footle 2 senses of footle Sense 1 loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => be Sense 2 footle => act behave, do Familiarity of verb footle footle used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb footle Sense 1 loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around => be -------------- Sense 2 footle => act behave, do -------------- Overview of verb footle The verb footle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around -- (be about "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?") 2. footle -- (act foolishly, as by talking nonsense) Overview of adj footling The adj footling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction") Antonyms of adj footling 1 sense of footling Sense 1 fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import Similarity of adj footling 1 sense of footling Sense 1 fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial => unimportant (vs. important) Attributes of adj footling Familiarity of adj footling footling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj footling footling Overview of verb footle The verb footle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around mess about tarry, linger, lurk, mill about mill around -- (be about "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?") 2. footle -- (act foolishly, as by talking nonsense) Overview of adj footling The adj footling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction")
footling definition
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