Meanings
present singular third person fucks about · participle present fucking about · participle past fucked about · past fucked about
- slangvulgarTo waste time with unimportant activities; often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.
Don't fuck about! Hurry up and finish it.
1 more example
She's coming over in an hour, so until then I'll just fuck about on the Web.
Synonyms: fuck around, dick around, faff about, faff around, fool around, mess about, mess around
- intransitiveslangvulgarTo play around (do silly or entertaining things; tinker).
He was just fucking about.
Synonyms: fuck around, dick around, fool around, mess about, mess around
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo waste time with unimportant activities; often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.
verbTo play around (do silly or entertaining things; tinker).
Cite this entry
fuck about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuck%20about
“fuck about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuck%20about. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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