futzes with
verb (used without object)
1.
to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around ).
noun
Verb phrases 2.
a fool; simpleton.
3.
futz (around) with, to handle or deal with, especially idly, reluctantly, or as a time-consuming task: I spent all day futzing with those file folders.
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Word Origin & History
futz
"loaf, waste time," 1932, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Yiddish.
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Futzes with
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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phutz definition[fəts]and futz
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