futz
/fʌts
/verb [no object] North American informal
Waste time; idle or busy oneself aimlessly: mother futzed around in the kitchen...
- After futzing with it for almost an hour with one of our local computer gurus, the connection came back just as magically as it had disappeared.
- Andy was futzing through the entertainment center looking for CDs to burn.
- Meanwhile Bianca futzes with drumbeats; it seems like she has trouble finding the right speed.
Origin
1930s: perhaps an alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen 'fart about'.
Rhymes
- bicycle courier
- bicycle ergometer
- bicycle gymkhana
- bicycle helmet
- bicycle kick
- bicycle lane
- bicycle messenger
- bicycle motocross
- bicycle path
- bicycle polo
- bicycle pump
- bicycler
- bicycle rickshaw
- bicycle shed
- bicycle shorts
- bicycle taxi
- bicyclette
- bicyclian
- bicyclic
- bicyclical
- bicyclism
- bicyclist
- bicycloannulation
- bicycular
- bid