/futs/ , Slang.
v.i.
1. to pass time in idleness (usually fol. by around ).
2. futz with or around with , to handle or deal with, esp. idly, reluctantly, or as a time-consuming task: I spent all day futzing with those file folders.
n.
3. a fool; simpleton.
[ 1930-35, Amer.; appar. a euphemism for FUCK; perh. b. this word and PUTZ ]