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putzing around

putzing around is the present participle and gerund of putz around.

Meaning of putz around

Verb

putz around (third-person singular simple present putzes around, present participle putzing around, simple past and past participle putzed around)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To waste time.
    • Just shut up and get in the truck! You putz around worse than a ninety-year-old woman!2002, Edward Lee, chapter 8, in Monstrosity, Abingdon, Md.: Cemetery Dance Publications, →ISBN, section II, page 181

Questions about putzing around

What is putzing around the present participle and gerund of?
Putzing around is the present participle and gerund of putz around.

Words near putzing around in the dictionary

  1. putzes
  2. putzes around
  3. putzhead
  4. putzheads
  5. putzing
  6. putzing around
  7. putzite
  8. Putzu
  9. putzy
  10. Puuc
  11. puukko

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