FAFF | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Faff

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

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 ‘flap in the wind’, which came to mean ‘fuss, dither’ at about the same time as faff (late 19th century)

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: faf
Dialects: British English
Definition:

spend time in ineffectual activity

Short Definition:

spend time in ineffectual activity

Examples:
  • we can't faff around forever

Word: Faff

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: faf
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a great deal of ineffectual activity

Short Definition:

great deal of ineffectual activity

Examples:
  • there was the usual faff of getting back to the plane

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