Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faffing about

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
faffin-g about
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of faff about

Questions

What does faffing about mean?
present participle and gerund of faff about

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