"putz around" meaning in English

See putz around in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: putzes around [present, singular, third-person], putzing around [participle, present], putzed around [participle, past], putzed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} putz around (third-person singular simple present putzes around, present participle putzing around, simple past and past participle putzed around)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To waste time. Tags: intransitive, slang

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2019 September 7, Tammy La Gorce, “Two ‘Nice, Quiet’ Vacations Upended by the Dogs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2019:",
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