"flute around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flutes around [present, singular, third-person], fluting around [participle, present], fluted around [participle, past], fluted around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flute around (third-person singular simple present flutes around, present participle fluting around, simple past and past participle fluted around)
  1. (slang, intransitive, Ireland) To waste time. Tags: Ireland, intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

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