pootle

plural pootles

1. UKA stroll; a wandering.

   go for a pootle

present singular third person pootles · participle present pootling · participle past pootled · past pootled

1. UKinformalTo wander or ramble in a leisurely, indirect, or aimless manner, such as by walking or driving.

   You turn up every morning for the ‘ward round’, where your whole team of doctors pootles past each of their patients.

   2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor

   2 more examples

   Prince William, in a surprise break from the schedule, borrowed his father's 41-year-old open-topped Aston Martin to pootle down the Mall to Clarence House with his new bride.

   2011 April 30, Stephen Bates, “Prince William takes new wife for a spin in father's Aston Martin”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   "I'm in favour of this, although it'll look pathetic/insane on a two-car Class 150 pootling through Nunthorpe," said one user on X.

   2026 January 21, Richard Wilcock, “GBR goes back to the future”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 33

   Synonyms: ramble, wander, potter