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futz.

An objectionable woman.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fʌts//fʊts/Northern-England
  1. An objectionable woman.

    colloquial · derogatory · dialectal · vulgar
    Janet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz, ain't she?
Where this word comes from

Probably from German Fotze (“cunt”).

verb/fʌts//fʊts/Northern-England
  1. To be frivolous and waste time.

    Northern-US
  2. To experiment by trial and error.

Where this word comes from

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

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