"fuck about" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-fuck about.ogg Forms: fucks about [present, singular, third-person], fucking about [participle, present], fucked about [participle, past], fucked about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fuck about (third-person singular simple present fucks about, present participle fucking about, simple past and past participle fucked about)
  1. (vulgar, slang) To waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-fuck_about-en-verb-dTR3osww Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "about": 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (vulgar, slang, intransitive) To fool around. Tags: intransitive, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-fuck_about-en-verb-pjPg7JEf

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "She's coming over in an hour, so until then I'll just fuck about on the Web.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't fuck about! Hurry up and finish it.",
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        "(vulgar, slang) To waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time."
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        "To fool around."
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        "(vulgar, slang, intransitive) To fool around."
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        "To waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time."
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        "(vulgar, slang) To waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time."
      ],
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        "To fool around."
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