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futz¹

  • /fʌts/
  • /fʊts/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌts

Where it comes from

Probably from German Fotze (“cunt”).

noun futzes

  1. colloquial, derogatory, dialectal, vulgar An objectionable woman. Janet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz, ain't she?

futz²

  • /fʌts/
  • /fʊts/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌts

Where it comes from

From German herumfurzen (literally “to fart around”) (herum- + furzen), perhaps via Yiddish אַרומפֿאַרצן (arumfartsn); alternatively, a euphemism for fuck.

verb futzes · futzing · futzed

  1. Northern US To be frivolous and waste time.
  2. To experiment by trial and error.

    Similar: putz, putter, yutz

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@misc{futz_2026,
  title = {futz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/futz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}