noun
- a person who engages in fruitless or trivial activity; someone who wastes time
Usage: informal; chiefly British
verb
- to engage in fruitless or trivial activity; to waste time on unimportant matters
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- He spent the afternoon footlering around the garage instead of finishing his work.
- Don't be such a footler—we have important things to accomplish.
- She footlered with the broken radio, hoping to get it working again.
- The team accused him of being a footler who never contributed meaningfully.
- Stop footlering and get down to business.
- He's known as a footler who talks a lot but does very little.