English to Shona Meaning of footle - footle

Footle :

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Definitions of footle in English

Verb(1) be about(2) act foolishly, as by talking nonsense

Examples of footle in English

(1) He has been dubbed Canada's David Lynch, which is a lazy way of saying he likes to footle around beneath the facade of respectability.(2) For the next 45 minutes, the girls and I footle about in the kiddie park, playing tag, and hide-and-seek, and find-the-cicada.(3) I'm happily watching England footle around against Liechtenstein, (world leaders in denture manufacture) in a Euro 2004 qualifier on the telly.(4) I have had a good deal of satisfaction over this weekend either footling around on my mountainbike, or watching the Manchester leg of the World Cup.(5) Given the car's brick outhouse aerodynamics it footles along at a fair old clip, only the odd crosswind unsettling matters.(6) Well, the clams footled on and tried to swamp the plaintiffs with lengthy motions.(7) But I would be very surprised if most hunt members didn't soon tire of footling about and looked for other ways to relieve the boredom of country life in winter.(8) Once they became a vital part of any transaction, I fiddled and footled about until the realisation dawned that I would not be able to buy anything unless I got a pin.(9) More than most well-educated, middle-class talents of his generation, he footled his life away as a forlorn, frustrated flaneur, squandering several inherited fortunes to achieve renown only under a false name playing an elaborate practical joke.(10) Allow one honest sentence to emerge from all this feeble, formulaic footling .(11) Having taken the lead against Turkey their football became fitful, then flabby, and towards the end was footling .

(1) gain a foothold ::

vawane nzvimbo

(2) keep a foothold ::

chengeta midzi

Synonyms

Verb

1. lollygag ::

lollygag

2. mill about ::

chigayo pamusoro

3. mess about ::

nyangarara pamusoro

4. lounge ::

Lounge

5. tarry ::

ugare

6. linger ::

vanononoka kubvapo

7. mill around ::

chigayo kumativi

8. loiter ::

usimbe

9. lallygag ::

lallygag

10. hang around ::

furatira

11. loaf ::

chingwa

12. lurk ::

pakasava

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