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futz

/fʌts/

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Northern England/fʊts/

futz noun: an objectionable woman.

Noun

futz (plural futzes)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, dialectal, vulgar) An objectionable woman.
    • Janet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz, ain't she?

Verb

futz (third-person singular simple present futzes, present participle futzing, simple past and past participle futzed)

  1. (Northern-US) To be frivolous and waste time.
  2. To experiment by trial and error.
    Synonyms:
    putz, putter, yutz

Synonyms of futz

Forms of futz

Noun
pluralfutzes
Verb
third-person singular presentfutzes
present participlefutzing
past participlefutzed
pastfutzed

Origin of futz

Probably from German Fotze (“cunt”).

From German herumfurzen (literally “to fart around”) (herum- + furzen), perhaps via Yiddish אַרומפֿאַרצן (arumfartsn); alternatively, a euphemism for fuck.

Words formed from futz

Phrases with futz

Words that rhyme with futz

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Questions about futz

What does futz mean?
Futz means an objectionable woman.
What part of speech is futz?
Futz can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce futz?
Futz is pronounced /fʌts/.
What is the plural of futz?
The plural of futz is futzes.

Words near futz in the dictionary

  1. Futuymas
  2. futwa
  3. futwah
  4. futwahs
  5. futwas
  6. futz
  7. futz around
  8. futz with
  9. futzed
  10. futzed around
  11. futzed with

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