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futzing around

futzing around is the present participle and gerund 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 futzing around

What is futzing around the present participle and gerund of?
Futzing around is the present participle and gerund of futz around.

Words near futzing around in the dictionary

  1. futzers
  2. futzes
  3. futzes around
  4. futzes with
  5. futzing
  6. futzing around
  7. futzing with
  8. futzy
  9. fuuuck
  10. FUV
  11. Fuvahmulah

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