"fouter" meaning in English

See fouter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfuː.tə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈfu.tɚ/ [US], [ˈfu.ɾɚ] [US] Forms: fouters [plural]
Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ) Etymology: From French foutre (“to lecher”), Latin futuere. Compare fouty. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|foutre||to lecher}} French foutre (“to lecher”), {{der|en|la|futuere}} Latin futuere Head templates: {{en-noun}} fouter (plural fouters)
  1. (UK, dialectal) A despicable fellow. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-fouter-en-noun-tOuEdXQe Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 10 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 29 39
  2. (obsolete, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse. Tags: obsolete, vulgar
    Sense id: en-fouter-en-noun--7sA6NNT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 10 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 29 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: footer
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈfuː.tə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈfu.tɚ/ [US], [ˈfu.ɾɚ] [US] Forms: fouters [present, singular, third-person], foutering [participle, present], foutered [participle, past], foutered [past]
Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ) Etymology: From French foutre (“to lecher”), Latin futuere. Compare fouty. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|foutre||to lecher}} French foutre (“to lecher”), {{der|en|la|futuere}} Latin futuere Head templates: {{en-verb}} fouter (third-person singular simple present fouters, present participle foutering, simple past and past participle foutered)
  1. Alternative form of footer (“meddle or waste time”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: footer (extra: meddle or waste time)
    Sense id: en-fouter-en-verb-B-WHZpvK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 10 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 32 29 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 29 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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