1. (

• loiter ,
• lounge ,
• footle ,
• lollygag ,
• loaf ,
• lallygag ,
• hang_around ,
• mess_about ,
• tarry ,
• linger ,
• lurk ,
• mill_about ,
• mill_around

) be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" ;

2. (

• footle

) act foolishly, as by talking nonsense ;

1. (

• fiddling ,
• footling ,
• lilliputian ,
• little ,
• niggling ,
• piddling ,
• piffling ,
• petty ,
• picayune ,
• trivial

) (informal) small and of little importance; "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" ;