(informal) small and of little importance "a footling gesture" - fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune [N. Amer], trivial
Verb: footlefûtl
Be about - loiter, lounge, lollygag [N. Amer], loaf, lallygag [N. Amer], hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, mooch [Brit]