futzingn.
/ˈfʌtsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfətsɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈfʌtsɪŋ/ colloquial (originally Australian, now chiefly North American).
Ineffectual or trifling activity; messing about; tinkering. Chiefly with around.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
1907 Sydney Sportsman 30 Jan. 4/3 The fiddling and futzing in the paddock is only to gain time for the grafters.
1998 PC PowerPlay Mar. 68/3 After a bit of futzing about everything worked out quite nicely.
1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 130 After all the cuts and retries and general futzing around.
2015 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 July b1/6 They go a ways toward addressing my long-standing complaint that GoPros require too much futzing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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