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    futz

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++futz /fʌts/ verb  1 futz around phrasal verb American English informal WASTE somethingto waste time, especially by doing small unimportant jobs slowly 闲混 I spent the entire day just futzing around. 那天我整天都在闲混。→ See Verb table
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    futz• There's a verb to describe these activities in the States: to futz.    Origin futz (1900-2000) Probably from Yiddish arumfartzen “to fart around”
    futz verbChinese
    unimportant to especially slowly jobs doing Corpus small time, by waste


    futz
    futz /fʌts/ verb
     Date: 1900-2000
     Origin: Probably from Yiddish arumfartzen 'to fart around'

         
    futz around phrasal verb American English informal
      to waste time, especially by doing small unimportant jobs slowly:
        I spent the entire day just futzing around.