CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOOTLE
PRESENT
Present
I footle
you footle
he/she/it footles
we footle
you footle
they footle
Present continuous
I am footling
you are footling
he/she/it is footling
we are footling
you are footling
they are footling
Present perfect
I have footled
you have footled
he/she/it has footled
we have footled
you have footled
they have footled
Present perfect continuous
I have been footling
you have been footling
he/she/it has been footling
we have been footling
you have been footling
they have been footling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I footled
you footled
he/she/it footled
we footled
you footled
they footled
Past continuous
I was footling
you were footling
he/she/it was footling
we were footling
you were footling
they were footling
Past perfect
I had footled
you had footled
he/she/it had footled
we had footled
you had footled
they had footled
Past perfect continuous
I had been footling
you had been footling
he/she/it had been footling
we had been footling
you had been footling
they had been footling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will footle
you will footle
he/she/it will footle
we will footle
you will footle
they will footle
Future continuous
I will be footling
you will be footling
he/she/it will be footling
we will be footling
you will be footling
they will be footling
Future perfect
I will have footled
you will have footled
he/she/it will have footled
we will have footled
you will have footled
they will have footled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been footling
you will have been footling
he/she/it will have been footling
we will have been footling
you will have been footling
they will have been footling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would footle
you would footle
he/she/it would footle
we would footle
you would footle
they would footle
Conditional continuous
I would be footling
you would be footling
he/she/it would be footling
we would be footling
you would be footling
they would be footling
Conditional perfect
I would have footle
you would have footle
he/she/it would have footle
we would have footle
you would have footle
they would have footle
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been footling
you would have been footling
he/she/it would have been footling
we would have been footling
you would have been footling
they would have been footling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you footle
we let´s footle
you footle
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
footling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOTLE»
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footle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
footle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
"We could go there now and footle about for the rest of the afternoon, if you'd like.
" David nearly choked on his last sip of coffee when she said this. "Footle? What
kind of word is 'footle'? You made that word up!" Charlie raised an eyebrow.
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
2. See play footie. footing. Money paid, on beginning a new job, to one's fellow-
workers: in C.18, coll.; but thereafter, S.E. Cf. chummage. footle, n. (This, and
other derivations of the v., are all pron. foo'tl .. .) Nonsense; twaddle: from ca.
1893.
3
Concise English Dictionary
footle>*>/7, v.i. to trifle, to show foolish incompetence, to bungle. — n. silly
nonsense. — n. and adj. footling. too yung. yong. See fu yung. foozle JoTiz'l, (coll.
) n. a bungled stroke at golf, etc. — v.*. and v.t. to bungle. |Cf. Ger. dial. /m.vc/h, to
work ...
FOOTLE, K.C. MR. BLOWHARD, K.C., and Mr. Footle, K.C, Stood Jointly on the
Top Rung of the Professional Ladder. Whether Blow- hard Made more Money
than Footle was a Moot Point. Whether Footle's or Blowhard's Methods of
Advocacy ...
Butterworth & Company, (Publishers) Limited, 2008
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The Fortnightly Law Journal
FOOTLE, K.C. Mr. Blowhard, K.C., and Mr. Footle, K.C., Stood Jointly on the Top
Rung of the Professional Ladder. Whether Blowhard Made more Money than
Footle was a Moot Point. Whether Footle's or Blowhard's Methods of Advocacy
were ...
Robert Michael Willes Chitty, 1938
Coquette? No. YouA[a¬a[ll sit by me with that fancy negligee.
She sees it creep from border unto border, Sadly she marks the war within its
womb ; But, trusting still in Free Speech, Law, and Order, She sits in light, where
all besides is gloom." OUR CLUB-MAN. T/te Footle Club, January 7. Two O'
CLOCK ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1852
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Candide To-day: A Tale of Our Times (with Apologies to ...
had assembled, and as if by instinct they settled themselves down into the form of
a committee, with Footle in the chair. Having surveyed the distinguished
gathering with pardonable pride, Footle opened the proceedings with a short
speech.
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
footle (foo'təl) vi. to wile away time; trifle, play the fool, hence footling: to speak or
act foolishly. [unk.]. n. footle = twaddle, folly. See mentality, mentation, behavior.
forfoughen (fawr'fōk'ǝn, -fooch'ǝn', -faak'en) adj. a Sc term meaning tired out, ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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It's Only a Few Pills!: And My Life in Pharmacy
'I'd really like to be able to just footle around the world,' I had said as he gazed
into space. 'You know, nothing too planned or definite. Not too much in the way of
responsibility. Just to find lots of interesting things to learn and to do, new places
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOTLE»
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footle is used in the context of the following news items.
PMQs sketch: And they're back
Cameron didn't footle or pootle about. He got to the nub of it. What he wants is the power to deport foreign criminals who rape, loot, kidnap and ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
PMQs Sketch: Cameron's ducking and diving
What's the point of Parliament if jobs vanish and babies die while they footle and dither? Tags: Cameron, Gandalf, Miliband, Paul Flynn, PMQs ... «Spectator.co.uk, Mar 15»
Inspired by Linux, Pivotal to open-source bulk of big data suite
The decision will see “core” code for HAWQ, Greenplum Database and Pivotal GemFire released to anyone who cares to footle with it, but ... «The Register, Feb 15»
Argyll and the Isles Tourism introduces 7 freelance 'Development …
Anyone can footle about on the periphery for a short period of stop-start intervention and write an evaluation report on the exercise to present it ... «For Argyll, Oct 14»
Broadcom reveals $20 'Pi in the sky' IoT development widget
There's also Bluetooth SMART and a system-in-a-package to footle with. A companion app – iOS for now, Android in October – drives the ... «Register, Aug 14»
Kevin Raftery: Confusion with new First Timetables as Buses now …
When I pointed out that the economic theory was footle bearing in mind the hospitals route via Newcastle was never that busy in the first ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 14»
Review: In Lambeth
... sputtering and giggling out the names 'Madame La-dee-dah' and 'Monsieur Footle-pot'. His introspective monologues are elegantly phrased, ... «Cherwell Online, Jul 14»
ARM arms devs for 64-bit Android push with 'Juno' board
The chance to footle with a 64-bit board should therefore be welcomed by those contemplating hardware that takes advantage of Android L's ... «Register, Jul 14»
Bajaj Auto Finance bluechip of NBFC space; M&M Financial and …
The, it would turn back and then footle around 100, implying that the market knew something one wasn't seeing and obviously the dreaded ... «Economic Times, Mar 14»
Plan 9 moves out from Lucent licence space
GNU therefore recommends it is fine to footle around with Plan 9 under the licence, but not to release your own software with Lucent's legalese. «Register, Feb 14»
