futz

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  1. intransitive verb 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).

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  • You made a nice try, but what the futz were you going to do next? —  The Ringworld Engineers
  • But the fact that he'd been able to sleep through the noisy passage of three people easily within normal human earshot made him uneasy. —  Time Trial
  • "What the futz, we're wearing a General Products hull. —  The Ringworld Engineers
  • Oh, futz, we may never know. —  The Ringworld Engineers
  • But he tried to reach his kin. —  Time Trial
 

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