faff about
faff about verb: to waste time; to spend time idly.
Verb
faff about (third-person singular simple present faffs about, present participle faffing about, simple past and past participle faffed about)
- To waste time; to spend time idly.
- She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
- I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.
- Synonyms:
- faff around, fuck about, fuck around, dick around, mess about, mess around, arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around
Synonyms of faff about
- faff around
- fuck about
- fuck around
- dick around
- mess about
- mess around
- arse about
- arse around
- bludge
- bum around
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Forms of faff about
| third-person singular present | faffs about |
|---|---|
| present participle | faffing about |
| past participle | faffed about |
| past | faffed about |
Questions about faff about
- What does faff about mean?
- Faff about means to waste time; to spend time idly.
- What part of speech is faff about?
- Faff about is a verb.
- What is the past tense of faff about?
- The past tense of faff about is faffed about.
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