faff around



faff around

To waste time or procrastinate by doing something unproductive or unhelpful; to fool around or spend time idly. Primarily heard in UK. Would you quit faffing around and give me a hand cleaning the house? I should have started this essay last week, but I've been faffing around with my new video game console.
See also: around, faff

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gaiana-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Meritxellmu-ree-CHELCatalan
Samiya-Arabic
NahorNAY-hawr (English)Biblical
Rollins['rɔlinz]
Haider-Arabic