fuck about

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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.
    Synonyms: fuck around, dick around, faff about, faff around, fool around, mess about, mess around
    She's coming over in an hour, so until then I'll just fuck about on the Web.
    Don't fuck about! Hurry up and finish it.
  2. (vulgar, slang, intransitive) To play around (do silly or entertaining things; tinker).
    Synonyms: fuck around, dick around, fool around, mess about, mess around
    He was just fucking about.