Definition of faff around
faff around
verb
- to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". Also faff, faff about. British slang.
To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "The joy of simply faffing around", The Guardian, Tom Hodgkinson, 13 August 2008
- See more words with the same meaning: to waste time.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 02 2010. (Edit this definition.)
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- faff
- faff - to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
- faff about - to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
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