faff

== English == === Etymology === From a dialect word meaning "blow in gusts". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fæf/ Rhymes: -æf === Noun === faff (plural faffs) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nuisance (typically in the phrase 'in a faff') A state of confused or frantic activity. Synonym: flap ==== Translations ==== === Verb === faff (third-person singular simple present faffs, present participle faffing, simple past and past participle faffed) (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) To waste time on an unproductive activity. Synonyms: arse around, (American) dick around ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Cimbrian == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German pfaffe, from Old High German pfaffo, phapho, from Latin papa, from Byzantine Greek παπᾶς (papâs), from Koine Greek πάπας (pápas), from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas). Cognate to German Pfaffe, Dutch paap. Doublet of baabost. ==== Noun ==== faff m (plural faffen) (Luserna, Sette Comuni) priest === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== faff ? (Luserna) lily (flower) === References === “faff” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien