futz

[ fuhts ]
/ fʌts /
Slang.

verb (used without object)

to pass time in idleness (usually followed by around).

noun

a fool; simpleton.

Verb Phrases

futz (around) with, to handle or deal with, especially idly, reluctantly, or as a time-consuming task: I spent all day futzing with those file folders.

Origin of futz

1930–35, Americanism; apparently a euphemism for fuck; perhaps blend of this word and putz

Idioms and Phrases with futz around

futz around

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]