Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To bungle.
- n. A bungler; a “handless” or shiftless person.
- n. A gross term of contempt: used interjectionally.
Wiktionary
- n. UK, dialect A despicable fellow.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Prov. Eng. A despicable fellow.
Etymologies
- French foutre to lecher, Latin futuere. Compare fouty. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“ He, he leaves her alone to romp idly, cares not a fouter.”
“He, he leaves her alone to romp idly, cares not a fouter.”
“_ Fouter (Fr. foutre; Lat. futuere), _verbum obscaenum_.cf. the noun in phrase 'to care not a fouter' (footra, footre, foutre), _2 Henry IV_, V, iii.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fouter’.
-
phrontistery - f
from phrontistery.info
fustilarian, fusillation, fustian, futurology, fusiform, futurition, fusee, fuscous, fusain, furunculoid, futtock, furibund and 418 more...
-
Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for fouter.
bilby To dither, mess around.
"Will ye stop fouterin aboot!" Nov 28, 2007