Definition of futz in English:

futz

verb fʌtsfəts

[no object]North American informal

Waste time; idle or busy oneself aimlessly.
〈北美，非正式〉闲混；虚度；漫无目的地忙碌
mother futzed around in the kitchen
妈妈在厨房里瞎忙。
Example sentencesExamples
- This morning I got up and futzed around the house for a few hours then set out to return a DVD to the library and then go sell clothes.
- Andy was futzing through the entertainment center looking for CDs to burn.
- I changed into an old Inkspot t-shirt and a pair of shorts and futzed around in my room relaxing.
- We're going to futz around Brooklyn and then go out for drinkage and reminiscing about how we used to play croquet at the university cemetery while drinking G&T's and quoting liberally from Heathers.
- Another study showed that the average office worker futzes for about 5.1 hours a week.
- After nervously futzing with wood and various implements of joinery for more than a morning, I produced a wriggly, trapezoidal sort of thing.
- So I spent a fair amount of time playing Atari games and futzing with early personal computers back in the day, but remember lots of time away from the digital playthings as well - which occasionally included doing not much of anything at all.
- 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.
- Of course I had to fiddle and futz with the images until I was satisfied, hence the delay.
- The favorable thing is this precedent frees us individuals to futz with our own budgets including the reporting of expenses on our tax returns.
- Stop futzing around trying to read the tea leaves.
- ‘These are people who feel the schools have no place futzing with their children's mental health,’ she explained.
- And I'm still wondering if I should just return the thing the get on with my life (I've wasted a good 10 hours on hold, at the dealer, and futzing with the device).
- The good thing is this precedent frees us individuals to imaginatively futz with our own budgets including the reporting of tax expenses.
- There are no bells and whistles to futz with or pay for - just solid performance with plenty of interior space at three pounds and change.
- I have read the manual 10 times, and been futzing with this thing for the past 2 hours, I need a senior engineer.
- Firefighters proceed to break into warehouse, climb up on roof, and generally futz around for close to an hour, during which time they at last succeed in shutting off insanely loud bell-like alarm after numerous tries.
- Meanwhile Bianca futzes with drumbeats; it seems like she has trouble finding the right speed.
- Now quit futzing around and go do it. 500-1000 words.
- When they toured the west coast on their ‘farewell tour’, I futzed and fumbled for weeks when they chose not to play Los Angeles, and logistical challenges kept me from making the six-hour drive to the San Francisco show.

Origin

1930s: perhaps an alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen 'fart about'.

Rhymes

klutz, Smuts

Definition of futz in US English:

futz

verbfəts

[no object]North American informal

1Waste time; idle or busy oneself aimlessly.
〈北美，非正式〉闲混；虚度；漫无目的地忙碌
mother futzed around in the kitchen
妈妈在厨房里瞎忙。
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course I had to fiddle and futz with the images until I was satisfied, hence the delay.
- I changed into an old Inkspot t-shirt and a pair of shorts and futzed around in my room relaxing.
- And I'm still wondering if I should just return the thing the get on with my life (I've wasted a good 10 hours on hold, at the dealer, and futzing with the device).
- The favorable thing is this precedent frees us individuals to futz with our own budgets including the reporting of expenses on our tax returns.
- 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.
- We're going to futz around Brooklyn and then go out for drinkage and reminiscing about how we used to play croquet at the university cemetery while drinking G&T's and quoting liberally from Heathers.
- ‘These are people who feel the schools have no place futzing with their children's mental health,’ she explained.
- Andy was futzing through the entertainment center looking for CDs to burn.
- The good thing is this precedent frees us individuals to imaginatively futz with our own budgets including the reporting of tax expenses.
- Meanwhile Bianca futzes with drumbeats; it seems like she has trouble finding the right speed.
- Stop futzing around trying to read the tea leaves.
- After nervously futzing with wood and various implements of joinery for more than a morning, I produced a wriggly, trapezoidal sort of thing.
- When they toured the west coast on their ‘farewell tour’, I futzed and fumbled for weeks when they chose not to play Los Angeles, and logistical challenges kept me from making the six-hour drive to the San Francisco show.
- Another study showed that the average office worker futzes for about 5.1 hours a week.
- This morning I got up and futzed around the house for a few hours then set out to return a DVD to the library and then go sell clothes.
- So I spent a fair amount of time playing Atari games and futzing with early personal computers back in the day, but remember lots of time away from the digital playthings as well - which occasionally included doing not much of anything at all.
- Firefighters proceed to break into warehouse, climb up on roof, and generally futz around for close to an hour, during which time they at last succeed in shutting off insanely loud bell-like alarm after numerous tries.
- There are no bells and whistles to futz with or pay for - just solid performance with plenty of interior space at three pounds and change.
- I have read the manual 10 times, and been futzing with this thing for the past 2 hours, I need a senior engineer.
- Now quit futzing around and go do it. 500-1000 words.
1. 1.1futz around with Deal with (something) in a trifling way; fiddle with.
  Mick was futzing around with his camera equipment
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's about that Boston nun who just got booted for futzing around with baptisms.
  Anyone who has futzed around with a camera's red-eye functionality will tell you it's not worth it.
  At least that's on the demo version I futzed around with a couple years ago.
  The wife and I were futzing around with those refrigerator-poetry magnets the other day and here's what we came up with.
  Meantime, I've been futzing around with maps based on four-year-old assumptions.
  Does anyone think they are going to futz around with a bunch of villagers?
  As I have found myself too damned lazy to futz around with making my lo-fi index page do what I want, we're back to the old template.
  I even futz around with it a few times to make sure I wasn't just wasting time.
  Tonight I just futzed around with the microphone a bit.
  Having to spend an hour futzing around with a system before it's ready to record can be the death-knell of capturing creative inspiration.

Origin

1930s: perhaps an alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen ‘fart about’.

词汇	futz
释义	Definition of futz in English: futz verb fʌtsfəts [no object]North American informal Waste time; idle or busy oneself aimlessly. 〈北美，非正式〉闲混；虚度；漫无目的地忙碌 mother futzed around in the kitchen 妈妈在厨房里瞎忙。 Example sentencesExamples This morning I got up and futzed around the house for a few hours then set out to return a DVD to the library and then go sell clothes. Andy was futzing through the entertainment center looking for CDs to burn. I changed into an old Inkspot t-shirt and a pair of shorts and futzed around in my room relaxing. We're going to futz around Brooklyn and then go out for drinkage and reminiscing about how we used to play croquet at the university cemetery while drinking G&T's and quoting liberally from Heathers. Another study showed that the average office worker futzes for about 5.1 hours a week. After nervously futzing with wood and various implements of joinery for more than a morning, I produced a wriggly, trapezoidal sort of thing. So I spent a fair amount of time playing Atari games and futzing with early personal computers back in the day, but remember lots of time away from the digital playthings as well - which occasionally included doing not much of anything at all. 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. Of course I had to fiddle and futz with the images until I was satisfied, hence the delay. The favorable thing is this precedent frees us individuals to futz with our own budgets including the reporting of expenses on our tax returns. Stop futzing around trying to read the tea leaves. ‘These are people who feel the schools have no place futzing with their children's mental health,’ she explained. And I'm still wondering if I should just return the thing the get on with my life (I've wasted a good 10 hours on hold, at the dealer, and futzing with the device). The good thing is this precedent frees us individuals to imaginatively futz with our own budgets including the reporting of tax expenses. There are no bells and whistles to futz with or pay for - just solid performance with plenty of interior space at three pounds and change. I have read the manual 10 times, and been futzing with this thing for the past 2 hours, I need a senior engineer. Firefighters proceed to break into warehouse, climb up on roof, and generally futz around for close to an hour, during which time they at last succeed in shutting off insanely loud bell-like alarm after numerous tries. Meanwhile Bianca futzes with drumbeats; it seems like she has trouble finding the right speed. Now quit futzing around and go do it. 500-1000 words. When they toured the west coast on their ‘farewell tour’, I futzed and fumbled for weeks when they chose not to play Los Angeles, and logistical challenges kept me from making the six-hour drive to the San Francisco show. Origin 1930s: perhaps an alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen 'fart about'. Rhymes klutz, Smuts Definition of futz in US English: futz verbfəts [no object]North American informal 1Waste time; idle or busy oneself aimlessly. 〈北美，非正式〉闲混；虚度；漫无目的地忙碌 mother futzed around in the kitchen 妈妈在厨房里瞎忙。 Example sentencesExamples Of course I had to fiddle and futz with the images until I was satisfied, hence the delay. I changed into an old Inkspot t-shirt and a pair of shorts and futzed around in my room relaxing. And I'm still wondering if I should just return the thing the get on with my life (I've wasted a good 10 hours on hold, at the dealer, and futzing with the device). The favorable thing is this precedent frees us individuals to futz with our own budgets including the reporting of expenses on our tax returns. 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. We're going to futz around Brooklyn and then go out for drinkage and reminiscing about how we used to play croquet at the university cemetery while drinking G&T's and quoting liberally from Heathers. ‘These are people who feel the schools have no place futzing with their children's mental health,’ she explained. Andy was futzing through the entertainment center looking for CDs to burn. The good thing is this precedent frees us individuals to imaginatively futz with our own budgets including the reporting of tax expenses. Meanwhile Bianca futzes with drumbeats; it seems like she has trouble finding the right speed. Stop futzing around trying to read the tea leaves. After nervously futzing with wood and various implements of joinery for more than a morning, I produced a wriggly, trapezoidal sort of thing. When they toured the west coast on their ‘farewell tour’, I futzed and fumbled for weeks when they chose not to play Los Angeles, and logistical challenges kept me from making the six-hour drive to the San Francisco show. Another study showed that the average office worker futzes for about 5.1 hours a week. This morning I got up and futzed around the house for a few hours then set out to return a DVD to the library and then go sell clothes. So I spent a fair amount of time playing Atari games and futzing with early personal computers back in the day, but remember lots of time away from the digital playthings as well - which occasionally included doing not much of anything at all. Firefighters proceed to break into warehouse, climb up on roof, and generally futz around for close to an hour, during which time they at last succeed in shutting off insanely loud bell-like alarm after numerous tries. There are no bells and whistles to futz with or pay for - just solid performance with plenty of interior space at three pounds and change. I have read the manual 10 times, and been futzing with this thing for the past 2 hours, I need a senior engineer. Now quit futzing around and go do it. 500-1000 words. 1.1futz around with Deal with (something) in a trifling way; fiddle with. Mick was futzing around with his camera equipment Example sentencesExamples It's about that Boston nun who just got booted for futzing around with baptisms. Anyone who has futzed around with a camera's red-eye functionality will tell you it's not worth it. At least that's on the demo version I futzed around with a couple years ago. The wife and I were futzing around with those refrigerator-poetry magnets the other day and here's what we came up with. Meantime, I've been futzing around with maps based on four-year-old assumptions. Does anyone think they are going to futz around with a bunch of villagers? As I have found myself too damned lazy to futz around with making my lo-fi index page do what I want, we're back to the old template. I even futz around with it a few times to make sure I wasn't just wasting time. Tonight I just futzed around with the microphone a bit. Having to spend an hour futzing around with a system before it's ready to record can be the death-knell of capturing creative inspiration. Origin 1930s: perhaps an alteration of Yiddish arumfartzen ‘fart about’.
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