[ˈfuːtl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- engage in fruitless activity; mess about
(e.g: where's that pesky creature that was footling about outside?)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: perhaps from dialect footer ‘idle, potter about’, from 16th-century foutre ‘worthless thing’, from Old French, literally ‘have sexual intercourse with’