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futz  (fts)
intr.v. futzed, futz·ing, futz·es Slang
To waste time or effort on frivolities; fool. Often used with around: "would like to return to the days when Americans believed: 'By golly, you don't futz around with Uncle Sam'" (Wall Street Journal).
[Possibly blend of fuck and putz.]


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Kelley, she futzed around for a long time before finding a good time slot for ``The Practice,'' now an Emmy-nominated hit.
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For three years, Grubbs and O'Rourke have constantly futzed the musical boundaries of the hybrid genre of "innovation," one they seem to spontaneously reinvent; the band specializes above all in bringing together sources as disparate as rock, folk, and contemporary experimental music (especially Cage), as well as Satie, Stravinsky, atonal music, and the found noises of the street and the apartment.
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