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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  • It looks like Perl to me, it's probably easy for a Perl guy to futz with this, but I don't want to hack anyone's server. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • You may have to futz a bit to make sure the backsplash is at a slight angle so gravity pulls the stuff down the hole, but that's a no-brainer. —  webBikeWorld.com
  • If that's part of your argument, then you're even more flat-out nucking futz than we were accusing you of to begin with. —  Think Progress
  • So I continued to futz around with the settings on the router, trying different combinations of SSIDs, security settings, turning SSID broadcast off, G-only mode, you name it, I tried it. —  Lockergnome
  • There's two sides to every story of a superstar's verbal smackdown of a futz-happy DP. —  The Velvet Hot Tub | Freshest Stories
 

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