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futzes around

futzes around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of futz around.

Meaning of futz around

Verb

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

  1. (Northern-US, slang) To waste time frivolously or busy oneself with minor tasks; to experiment or tinker.
  2. (Northern-US, slang) To mess or interfere with.
    • I am nobody to futz around with when I know myself to be four hundred per cent in the right.1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint

Questions about futzes around

What is futzes around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Futzes around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of futz around.

Words near futzes around in the dictionary

  1. futzed around
  2. futzed with
  3. futzer
  4. futzers
  5. futzes
  6. futzes around
  7. futzes with
  8. futzing
  9. futzing around
  10. futzing with
  11. futzy

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