fart around
Idle without purpose
Fart around means to waste time on trivial or aimless activity: We farted around all afternoon instead of studying.
The phrase suggests unproductive puttering rather than deliberate rest—you're doing something, just nothing useful.
Synonymous with mess around, goof off, and the slightly more vulgar fuck around.
- faff aboutIdle ineffectually
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
- waste timeUse moments unproductively
- burn daylightWaste precious time
- fritter awayWaste by small degrees
hang out · goof off · shilly-shally · dilly dally · idle · piddle · procrastinate · potter · lollygag · loaf · kickback · chillaxing · dawdle · twiddle thumbs · slack off · loiter · lazy · meander
purposefulness
fart aroundfocus
Concentrated attention point
get down to business · buckle down · concentrate · apply oneself · knuckle down