1. Waste time; idle or busy oneself aimlessly. 2. (Futz around with) Deal with (something) in a trifling way; fiddle with.
"When you're done futzing around with those engine parts, let's go out to dinner."
"I'm guilty of too much futzing when I have an assignment due."
"I don't have any time to futz today; there's too much going on."
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Yiddish, 1930s
Has anyone ever accused you of futzing around? Or told you to "quit futzing around"? Even if you've never heard the word "futz" before, you likely understand it easily to mean "idly wasting time" or "fiddling about." ...
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