faff

fæf

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Definition of faff - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

waste of time

Rare

pointless or time-consuming activity

Rare

The meeting was just a faff.

dawdle

dilly-dally

inefficiency

Rare

situation causing unnecessary delay or effort

Rare

Sorting the files was a real faff.

delay

hindrance

Verb

intr.

wasting time

Rare

waste time by fussing or doing unimportant things

Rare

He tends to faff when he should be working.

dawdle

dither

fiddle

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faff around

waste time doing unimportant things

He spent the afternoon faffing around instead of working.

faff about

waste time by moving around without purpose

Stop faffing about and get to work!

Origin of faff

English, faff (fuss, dither)

Examples of faff in a sentence

The whole process turned into a faff.
Getting everyone to agree on a time was such a faff.
The meeting turned into a faff with all the technical issues.
Don't faff about; the train leaves in five minutes.
She faffed with the recipe instead of preheating the oven.

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French:futilité, traînasser, ...
German:Zeitfresser, trödeln, ...
Italian:perdita di tempo, perdere tempo, ...
Spanish:distracción, perder el tiempo, ...
Portuguese:perda de tempo, andar a empatar, ...
Chinese:无聊事, 瞎折腾, ...
Japanese:無駄な時間, もたもたする, ...
Arabic:مَضيعَة لِلوَقْت, أضاعَ الوَقْتَ, ...
Hebrew:בִּזְבּוּז זְמַן, לְבַזְבֵּז זְמַן, ...
Russian:пустая трата времени, бездельничать, ...
Ukrainian:марнування часу, байдикувати, ...
Hindi:बेमतलब की गतिविधि, समय बर्बाद करना, ...
Bengali:ফ্যাফ, সময় নষ্ট করা, ...
Catalan:pèrdua de temps, fer el ronso, ...
Czech:zdržování, zdržovat se, ...
Danish:tidsspilde, fjase, ...
Dutch:gedoe, treuzelen, ...
Greek:χάσιμο χρόνου, χασομερώ, ...
Hungarian:pepecselés, pepecselni, ...
Khmer:ការងារឥតប្រយោជន៍, ខ្ជះខ្ជាយពេលជាមួយរឿងតូចតាច, ...
Korean:헛수고, 빈둥거리다, ...
Persian:وقت‌کشی, وقت تلف کردن, ...
Polish:strata czasu, grzebać się, ...
Portuguese (BR):enrolação, enrolar, ...
Romanian:pierdere de timp, a pierde vremea, ...
Swedish:slöseri med tid, fjanta runt, ...
Thai:การเสียเวลา, มัวแต่จุกจิก, ...
Turkish:oyalama, oyalanmak, ...
Vietnamese:sự lãng phí thời gian, lãng phí thời gian, ...

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