"firtle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: firtles [present, singular, third-person], firtling [participle, present], firtled [participle, past], firtled [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl Head templates: {{en-verb}} firtle (third-person singular simple present firtles, present participle firtling, simple past and past participle firtled)
  1. (Cumbria) To mess around, to waste time. Tags: Cumbria
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