fanny about

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fanny about

verb fannies about · fannying about · fannied about · fanny around

UK, intransitive, slang To waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment. Then he dithered and fannied about.
Similar: faff around, bum around, putter, fart around, beat the meat
UK, intransitive, slang, transitive To wander about or prowl around. ... the mechanic who tidied up after the Krays, took care of business while the Twins were fannying around the clubland circuit.
Similar: bum around

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@misc{fanny_about_2026,
  title = {fanny about},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fanny%20about},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}