# footle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈfuːtəl/

## Definitions
1. To waste time; to trifle.
2. To talk nonsense.
3. To have sex.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/footle