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Also, futz with . Waste time or effort on frivolities, play around. For example, He spent all morning futzing around with the report , or No more futzing with the car—we have to go now . This term may be a shortening and corruption of the Yiddish arumfartzen , for “fart around.” [ Slang ; 1920s]Advertisement
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