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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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
XoÁN | | - | Galician |
Minako | | mee-nah-ko | Japanese |
Monte | | MAHN-tee | English |
Jeroboam | | - | Biblical |
Quanah | | KWAH-nə (English) | Native American, Comanche |
Ema | | - | Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian |