Faff - English meaning
Faff – definitions in English dictionary
verbSpend time in ineffectual activity.
Usage examples:
We can't faff around forever
nounA great deal of ineffectual activity.
Usage examples:
There was the usual faff of getting back to the plane
nounSomething that takes a lot of effort or causes slight problems
Usage examples:
Stripping the walls was a real faff., chopping all those onions is such a faff., we had the usual f…
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Word origin
late 18th century (originally dialect in the sense ‘blow in puffs’, describing the wind): imitative. The current sense may have been influenced by dialect faffle ‘stammer, stutter’, later ‘fl
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