herumfuchteln

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German

Etymology

herum- +‎ fuchteln, literally to wave around aimlessly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛˈʁʊmˌfʊxtl̩n/
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Verb

herumfuchteln (weak, third-person singular present fuchtelt herum, past tense fuchtelte herum, past participle herumgefuchtelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to gesticulate (make gestures, especially wildly)
    • 2022 January 12, Peter Köhler, “Die Wahrheit: Die graue Eminenz in Grau”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Jobs hatte ja nichts gelernt. Er dagegen, Tim Cook, hatte Management und Ingenieur gebimst und bei IBM und Compaq gewullackt, während Papagei Jobs in der Luft herumfuchtelte und Utopien zusammenbraute.
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