futz around en · VERB
Meanings
- (Northern-US, slang) To waste time frivolously or busy oneself with minor tasks; to experiment or tinker.
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| futzing around | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| futzed around | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| futzed around | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| futzes around | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |