Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Northern US)To be frivolous and waste time.

  2. To experiment by trial and error.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Stop futzing around and get to work already!

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  2. What a damn futz.

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Origin

From German herumfurzen (literally “to fart around”) (herum- + furzen), perhaps via Yiddis

From German herumfurzen (literally “to fart around”) (herum- + furzen), perhaps via Yiddish אַרומפֿאַרצן (arumfartsn); alternatively, a euphemism for fuck.

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Forms

futzes, futzing, futzed, futzed
Base formfutz · to futz
3rd person singularfutzes
Present participlefutzing
Past simplefutzed
Past participlefutzed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfutz
he, she, itfutzes

Past simpleLesson

all personsfutzed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave futzed
he, she, ithas futzed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill futz

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Synonyms:putzputteryutz

Word family

3 related words
Relatedfrobfooster
Derivedfutz with

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
futonfutureA1futuristicfuzzfuzzy
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