Futz

Origin

Perhaps from Yiddish arumfartzen ("to fart about"); perhaps a combination of putz and fuck; or perhaps related to German Fotze.

Full definition of futz

Noun

1. (vulgar, colloquial, dialectal) Female genitalia, especially the vagina
2. (vulgar, colloquial, dialectal, derogatory) An objectionable womanJanet gets on my nerves. She's a dumb futz, ain't?

Synonyms

• See cunt

Verb

1. To be frivolous and waste time from the 20th c.
• 1969, Philip Roth, I am nobody to futz around with when I know myself to be four hundred per cent in the right.
2. To experiment by trial and error

Usage notes

Used especially in the phrase futz around.