Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fuck about

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.35 in modern English

Syllables: fuck- about
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To waste time with unimportant activities; often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.

Slang

verb

To play around (do silly or entertaining things; tinker).

Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"She's coming over in an hour, so until then I'll just fuck about on the Web."
"Don't fuck about! Hurry up and finish it."
"He was just fucking about."

Usage

Inflected Forms

fucks about (present, singular) fucking about (participle, present) fucked about (participle, past) fucked about (past)

Synonyms

fuck around dick around faff about faff around fool around mess about mess around

Questions

What does fuck about mean?: To waste time with unimportant activities; often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.

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