Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To waste time or effort on frivolities; fool. Often used with around.
- intransitive verb To fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something. Often used with with.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Slang. To fool around; to act without plan or purpose; -- usually used with around.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun vulgar, colloquial, dialectal Female genitalia, especially the
vagina - noun vulgar, colloquial, dialectal, derogatory An
objectionable woman - verb To experiment by
trial and error
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now I get to 'futz' (Highly technical term there) with the rolls on the front and back pieces to get them to line up better before whipping up the neck lames.
roland Diary Entry roland 2005
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I will "futz" with existing systems and add pieces to them, but I will not build one from scratch (in fact it is cheaper to buy these things off the shelf than it is for me to build it).
Canadian Personal Finance Blog bigcajunman 2010
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Balance is the key — the military must be “good enough” that no one wants to futz with you to get what you have …
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » US vs. Europe: Standard of Living 2010
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When you initially open it, you may have to futz with the drag handles a bit to get all three windows to show up and sized the way you want.
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And — you want me to be real, here? — the moment I realized I was going to have to futz with multiple providers, deal broken.
Perception and reality in the land of OpenID | FactoryCity 2009
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With the advent of GarageBand, the Apple software application that Smith Westerns and a gazillion other young troupes have used to record their first albums, bands can futz endlessly over their laptop recordings before playing a single show.
Smith Westerns' sparkling style falls short onstage at Rock & Roll Hotel 2011
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With the advent of GarageBand, the Apple software application that Smith Westerns and a gazillion other young troupes have used to record their first albums, bands can futz endlessly over their laptop recordings before playing a single show.
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This is with music on shuffle, 5-8 minutes of warming up, rocking out, taking time to hydrate, skip tracks, occasionally futz with the video camera … all intertwined.
Hooping.org | Blog | How Many Calories Can I Burn Hula Hooping? 2010
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But I usually get my futz time in the early morning.
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And unless the Israelis are just bitching and moaning about Iran for their own domestic political reasons, Israel is highly unlikely to allow Obama to futz around and blink for the next four years like they did Bush.
john commented on the word futz
A "countercultural" musical about a farmer who tries to marry a pig. Worst movie ever.
September 4, 2007