See futz around on Wiktionary
{ "forms": [ { "form": "futzes around", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "futzing around", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "futzed around", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "futzed around", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "*" }, "expansion": "futz around (third-person singular simple present futzes around, present participle futzing around, simple past and past participle futzed around)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Northern US English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "To waste time frivolously or busy oneself with minor tasks; to experiment or tinker." ], "id": "en-futz_around-en-verb-pWeS7i48", "links": [ [ "waste time", "waste time" ], [ "busy oneself", "busy oneself" ], [ "experiment", "experiment" ], [ "tinker", "tinker" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Northern US, slang) To waste time frivolously or busy oneself with minor tasks; to experiment or tinker." ], "tags": [ "Northern-US", "slang" ] } ], "word": "futz around" }
{ "forms": [ { "form": "futzes around", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "futzing around", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "futzed around", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "futzed around", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "*" }, "expansion": "futz around (third-person singular simple present futzes around, present participle futzing around, simple past and past participle futzed around)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English phrasal verbs", "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"", "English slang", "English verbs", "Northern US English", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "To waste time frivolously or busy oneself with minor tasks; to experiment or tinker." ], "links": [ [ "waste time", "waste time" ], [ "busy oneself", "busy oneself" ], [ "experiment", "experiment" ], [ "tinker", "tinker" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Northern US, slang) To waste time frivolously or busy oneself with minor tasks; to experiment or tinker." ], "tags": [ "Northern-US", "slang" ] } ], "word": "futz around" }
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