"faff about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faffs about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffed about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffed about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "faff about (third-person singular simple present faffs about, present participle faffing about, simple past and past participle faffed about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian",
          "text": "It's a shame; not only are nuts quite ridiculously nutritious but, as anyone who's ever shelled out (sorry) for a tiny glass of pistachios in a pub will know, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. But although I happen to have a soft spot for nut roast – an option often preferable to the meat that emerged from the school kitchen – it seems I'm in a cranky minority. A request for recipe recommendations was met with a polite silence on Twitter: vegetarianism, apparently, has moved on a bit. You don't see Yotam Ottolenghi faffing about with nut roasts, do you? But I'm determined to revive the fortunes of this much-maligned classic. After all, Christmas isn't Christmas without a luxury nut selection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste time; spend time idly."
      ],
      "id": "en-faff_about-en-verb-bRZ0apsd",
      "links": [
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, chiefly UK) To waste time; spend time idly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faff about"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faffs about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffed about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faffed about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "faff about (third-person singular simple present faffs about, present participle faffing about, simple past and past participle faffed about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
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        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian",
          "text": "It's a shame; not only are nuts quite ridiculously nutritious but, as anyone who's ever shelled out (sorry) for a tiny glass of pistachios in a pub will know, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. But although I happen to have a soft spot for nut roast – an option often preferable to the meat that emerged from the school kitchen – it seems I'm in a cranky minority. A request for recipe recommendations was met with a polite silence on Twitter: vegetarianism, apparently, has moved on a bit. You don't see Yotam Ottolenghi faffing about with nut roasts, do you? But I'm determined to revive the fortunes of this much-maligned classic. After all, Christmas isn't Christmas without a luxury nut selection.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste time; spend time idly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, chiefly UK) To waste time; spend time idly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faff about"
}