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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
2: act foolishly, as by talking nonsense

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb (footled; footling) Etymology: probably alteration of footer to waste time Date: 1892 1. to talk or act foolishly 2. to waste time ; trifle, fool • footle noun • footler noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (usu. foll. by about) colloq. behave foolishly or trivially. Etymology: 19th c.: perh. f. dial. footer idle