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Synonyms & Antonyms of footle
to spend time doing nothing
- spent the morning footling about while others were working
Synonyms for footle
- bum,
- chill,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- dillydally,
- drone,
- goof (off),
- hack (around),
- hang (around or out),
- hang about
- [British],
- idle,
- kick around,
- kick back,
- laze,
- lazy,
- loaf,
- loll,
- lounge,
- veg out
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The first known use of footle was in 1891
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