Pootled vs Rootled - What's the difference?
pootled | rootled |
(pootle)
(British) To wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving; to potter.
(rootle)
(of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout
*1929, , Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 11
As verbs the difference between pootled and rootled
is that pootled is past tense of pootle while rootled is past tense of rootle.pootled
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(head)pootle
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(pootl)Synonyms
* (to wander): ramble, wanderrootled
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(head)rootle
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(rootl)- Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled .