fooster

English

Alternative forms

foosther

Etymology

Borrowing of Irish fústar.

Verb

fooster (third-person singular simple present foosters, present participle foostering, simple past and past participle foostered)

(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
- 7 July 1894, Charles Dickens (editor), Kattie's Wedding, F. M. Evans and Co., Limited:
  "Ony if he wouldn't spind so much time foosthering about with thim little hins, bad luck to thim, that lays an igg no bigger than a marble," she added plaintively, as the trio started down the village street.
(Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Irish: fústar

Noun

fooster (uncountable)

(Ireland) A confused hurry; bustle.

Derived terms

foostery

Anagrams

foetors, footers, fœtors, refoots, soft roe