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1. (informal) small and of little importance
   "a footling gesture"
   - fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune [N. Amer], trivial

1. Be about
   "The high school students like to footle in the Central Square"
   - loiter, lounge, lollygag [N. Amer], loaf, lallygag [N. Amer], hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, mooch [Brit]
    
2. Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense

See also: unimportant

Type of: act, be, behave, do