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Footer
01
a person who travels by foot
02
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
footers
03
(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet
to footer
01
(Irish) to waste time or fuss about without achieving anything
Slang
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
footer
3rd person singular
footers
Present participle
footering
Past simple
footered
Past participle
footered
What does "to footer" mean in Irish slang?
In Irish slang, "to footer" means to waste time, fuss around, or stay busy without getting anything useful done. The term became common in everyday Irish and Scottish speech, especially when describing someone being unnecessarily slow, distracted, or unproductive. It is usually used casually and often in a mildly critical or humorous way.
Examples
Stop footering around and finish your homework.
Lexical Tree
footer
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