Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faffing around

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
faffin-g around
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of faff around

Questions

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

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