putz
verb/pʌts/
/pʌts/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they putz | /pʌts/ /pʌts/ |
| he / she / it putzes | /ˈpʌtsɪz/ /ˈpʌtsɪz/ |
| past simple putzed | /pʌtst/ /pʌtst/ |
| past participle putzed | /pʌtst/ /pʌtst/ |
| -ing form putzing | /ˈpʌtsɪŋ/ /ˈpʌtsɪŋ/ |
- putz around to waste time not doing anything useful or important
- You need to stop putzing around and do some real work.
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