faff

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

faffs

1.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff.
Đồng nghĩa: annoyance, bother, faff, grievance, hassle, inconvenience, irritation, nuisance, palaver, peeve, plague, trouble, vexation
2.
(originally Northern England, typically 'in a faff') A state of confused or frantic activity.
She's in a total faff about tonight's dinner party.
Đồng nghĩa: flap
3.
(UK, obsolete)A puff of smoke; a gust of wind.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

faffs

V_ing/Gerund

faffing

V_ed/pp

faffed

1.
(colloquial, intransitive)(originally Yorkshire, now colloquial, intransitive, of air) To blow in puffs, blow gently.
2.
(archaic, transitive)(originally Yorkshire, archaic, transitive) To move (something) with a puff of air, to blow away.
3.
(Australia, British, Ireland, New Zealand, intransitive)To waste time on an unproductive activity.
Đồng nghĩa: arse around, dick around

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Đồng nghĩa

annoyance bothergrievancehassle inconvenience irritation nuisance palaver peeve plague trouble vexation flaparse arounddick around

Cùng gốc / liên quan

faffagefaff aboutfaff aroundfafferfafferyfaff onfaff with

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Nguồn gốc từ

Originally of wind or puffs of air (see verb senses "to blow in puffs", "to move with a puff of air"). The noun is formed from the verb by conversion.