"furtle" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "furtles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Chloe Richards, Oops!, page 226",
          "text": "Then he looked back at his glossy, had a furtle with something in his pocket, and then looked back at me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Iain M. Banks, chapter 8, in Matter",
          "text": "“Let me just have a quick furtle.” He dug his hand elbow-deep into the bag.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Stanley Challenger Graham, Stanley's View, Volume 6",
          "text": "It was so unusual that I went for another furtle in the 1881 census to find her family.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cursory examination of the contents or details of something."
      ],
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        [
          "cursory",
          "cursory"
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          "examination",
          "examination"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK) A cursory examination of the contents or details of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜːtl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)təl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "furtle"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "furtles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furtling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furtled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furtled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Carole Matthews, You Drive Me Crazy",
          "text": "A burly mechanic wheeled in a bright yellow battery charger on a trolley, furtled under the bonnet and gave the car the full benefit of its volts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Peter Helton, Rainstone Fall",
          "text": "Needham was already half-heartedly furtling about in the kitchen, opening cupboards without bothering to search them, letting his left hand trail over objects as though he was thinking with his fleshy fingers",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Mark R. Faulkner, Flux, page 4",
          "text": "Furtling amongst the loose change and accumulated junk, he finally found what he was looking for.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively."
      ],
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          "delve"
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        [
          "probe",
          "probe"
        ],
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          "rummage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, intransitive) To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜːtl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)təl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "furtle"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)təl"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "furtles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Chloe Richards, Oops!, page 226",
          "text": "Then he looked back at his glossy, had a furtle with something in his pocket, and then looked back at me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Iain M. Banks, chapter 8, in Matter",
          "text": "“Let me just have a quick furtle.” He dug his hand elbow-deep into the bag.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Stanley Challenger Graham, Stanley's View, Volume 6",
          "text": "It was so unusual that I went for another furtle in the 1881 census to find her family.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cursory examination of the contents or details of something."
      ],
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        [
          "cursory",
          "cursory"
        ],
        [
          "examination",
          "examination"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly UK) A cursory examination of the contents or details of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɜːtl/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)təl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "furtle"
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)təl"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "furtles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furtling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furtled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "furtled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Carole Matthews, You Drive Me Crazy",
          "text": "A burly mechanic wheeled in a bright yellow battery charger on a trolley, furtled under the bonnet and gave the car the full benefit of its volts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Peter Helton, Rainstone Fall",
          "text": "Needham was already half-heartedly furtling about in the kitchen, opening cupboards without bothering to search them, letting his left hand trail over objects as though he was thinking with his fleshy fingers",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Mark R. Faulkner, Flux, page 4",
          "text": "Furtling amongst the loose change and accumulated junk, he finally found what he was looking for.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively."
      ],
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        [
          "delve",
          "delve"
        ],
        [
          "probe",
          "probe"
        ],
        [
          "rummage",
          "rummage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, intransitive) To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɜːtl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)təl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "furtle"
}