"fooster" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowing of Irish fústar.",
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      "form": "foosters",
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      "form": "foostering",
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    {
      "form": "foostered",
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      "form": "foostered",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "7 July 1894, Charles Dickens (editor), Kattie's Wedding, F. M. Evans and Co., Limited",
          "text": "\"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."
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        "To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget."
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          "fidget",
          "fidget"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget."
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky",
          "text": "\"Speaking of which—\" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—\"I've probably got something for you.\"",
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        "To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle."
      ],
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        "(Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
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          "word": "fústar"
        }
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  ],
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    {
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      "word": "foosther"
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  "word": "fooster"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
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          "word": "foostery"
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        "A confused hurry; bustle."
      ],
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        "(Ireland) A confused hurry; bustle."
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      "form": "foosters",
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        "present",
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      "form": "foostering",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "foostered",
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        "past"
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      "form": "foostered",
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          "text": "\"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."
        }
      ],
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        "To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget."
      ],
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        "(Ireland, intransitive) To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget."
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle."
      ],
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        "(Ireland, intransitive) To rummage; to engage in inept activity; to noodle."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "foosther"
    }
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fústar"
    }
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  "word": "fooster"
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      "word": "foostery"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A confused hurry; bustle."
      ],
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        "(Ireland) A confused hurry; bustle."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "foosther"
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  "word": "fooster"
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