fuck about

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fuck about

verb fucks about · fucking about · fucked about

  1. slang, vulgar To waste time with unimportant activities; often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time. She's coming over in an hour, so until then I'll just fuck about on the Web.

    Similar: fuck around, dick around, faff about, faff around, fool around, mess about, mess around

  2. intransitive, slang, vulgar To play around (do silly or entertaining things; tinker). He was just fucking about.

    Similar: fuck around, dick around, fool around, mess about, mess around

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@misc{fuck_about_2026,
  title = {fuck about},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fuck%20about},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}