vverb.stativebe aboutSynset:footle hang around lallygag linger loaf loiter lollygag lounge lurk mess about mill about mill around tarry
Examples:- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
Derivationally Related Form:loitererlingererlounger
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:loiterbe
Direct Hyponyms:lurchprowl
Full Troponyms:prowl
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.socialact foolishly, as by talking nonsenseHypernyms:act behave do
Inherited Hypernyms:footleact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adj satadj.all(informal) small and of little importanceDomain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:fiddling lilliputian little niggling petty picayune piddling piffling trivial
Examples:- a fiddling sum of money
- a footling gesture
- our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
- a little (or small) matter
- a dispute over niggling details
- limited to petty enterprises
- piffling efforts
- giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
Antonyms:important
Derivationally Related Form:triviapettinesstrivializelittlenesstriviality
Inherited Hypernyms:fiddling
Similar to:unimportant