furtle
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɜːtl/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl
Noun
furtle (plural furtles)
- (chiefly UK) A cursory examination of the contents or details of something.
- 2005, Chloe Richards, Oops!, →ISBN, page 226:
- Then he looked back at his glossy, had a furtle with something in his pocket, and then looked back at me.
- 2008, Iain M. Banks, chapter 8, in Matter, →ISBN:
- “Let me just have a quick furtle.” He dug his hand elbow-deep into the bag.
Verb
furtle (third-person singular simple present furtles, present participle furtling, simple past and past participle furtled)
- (chiefly UK, intransitive) To gently delve; to probe or rummage tentatively.
- 2005, Carole Matthews, You Drive Me Crazy, →ISBN:
- 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.
- 2011, Mark R. Faulkner, Flux, →ISBN, page 4:
- Furtling amongst the loose change and accumulated junk, he finally found what he was looking for.
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