1. playing a wind instrument casually or with simple melodies
Usage: present participle of tootle
2. moving along in a leisurely, casual manner
Usage: informal

1. the act of playing a wind instrument casually
Usage: gerund form

Examples

• He was tootling on his flute in the garden.
• The musician spent the afternoon tootling simple melodies.
• We were just tootling around town with no particular destination.
• She enjoyed tootling through the countryside on her bicycle.
• The gentle tootling of the piccolo filled the room.
• His casual tootling on the trumpet annoyed the neighbors.