fouter

F4O1U1T1E1R1
UK/ˈfuː.tə(ɹ)/US/ˈfu.tɚ/US[ˈfu.ɾɚ]

noun

A despicable fellow.

OriginFrench foutre ← Latin futuere →
Scrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounfouter (plural fouters)

plural fouters

  1. UKdialectalA despicable fellow.

    The astonish'd tailor […]swearing he was better stuff Than sick a fouter.

    1780-1808, John Mayne, The Siller Gun
  2. obsoletevulgarAn act of sexual intercourse.
verbfouter (third-person singular simple present fouters, present participle foutering, simple past and past participle foutered)

present singular third person fouters · participle present foutering · participle past foutered · past foutered

  1. alternativeAlternative form of footer (“meddle or waste time”).

Origin

  1. Latinfutuere
  2. Frenchfoutre
  3. Englishfouter

From French foutre, Latin futuere. Compare fouty.

More words from French, Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fouter

computerroutertutorscootershooterpewtercommuterputersoutersuitorhootertransputerlooter
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

fouter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fouter

MLA

“fouter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fouter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fouter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fouter.

Source: fouter on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.