putz round
C1 informal intransitive
In simple words
To do nothing important and just move around doing little things.
Literal meaning: To move round like a foolish, aimless person.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To spend time in an aimless, unproductive way, doing small trivial things.
"He was just putzing round the flat all morning instead of getting ready."
Usage notes
Extremely rare. This is essentially a British English spelling variant of 'putz around,' substituting 'round' for 'around.' Because 'putz' is strongly American/Yiddish in origin, this combination is unusual and not well established in any variety of English.
Commonly used with
house garden afternoon all day
Forms
Base
putz round
I/you/we/they
3rd person
putzes round
he/she/it
Past simple
putzed round
yesterday
Past participle
putzed round
have + pp
-ing form
putzing round
continuous
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