Faffed vs Faffled - What's the difference?
faffed | faffled |
As verbs the difference between faffed and faffled is that faffed is ( faff) while faffled is ( faffle).
faffed English
Verb
(head)
(faff)
faff English
Noun
( en noun)
(British, slang) An unnecessary or over-complicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
- Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff .
* 2011 , Patrick Kingsley, " Life with the Queen Mum revealed ", The Guardian
- Breakfast in bed at the royal household is a massive faff . A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it. So he leaves it on the floor by the bedroom door, whereupon a housemaid picks it up and knocks on said portal.
Verb
( en verb)
(British, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity.
:She faffed about so much, she never got to eat her breakfast.
- I decided to stop faffing about and get some work done.
Usage notes
* Particularly used with .
Synonyms
* (l) (American)
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faffled English
Verb
(head)
(faffle)
faffle English
Verb
( faffl)
(UK, dialect) To stammer.
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