futz

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Yiddish arumfartzen meaning to fart about, possibly a combination of putz and fuck.

Noun

futz (plural futzes)

1. (vulgar, colloquial, dialectal) Female genitalia, especially the vagina
2. (vulgar, colloquial, dialectal, derogatory) An objectionable woman

   • Janet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz, ain't?

Synonyms

• See cunt

Verb

futz (third-person singular simple present futzes, present participle futzing, simple past and past participle futzed)

1. To be frivolous and waste time [from the 20th c.]
   • 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint

     I am nobody to futz around with when I know myself to be four hundred per cent in the right.

2. To experiment by trial and error

Usage notes

• Used especially in the phrase "to futz around"