Present participle of fike; fidgeting, fussing, or moving restlessly; characterized by nervous movement.
Regular present participle formation from fike, adding -ing. Maintains the Scottish dialectal character while expressing ongoing action.
Scottish speakers use 'fiking about' to describe someone wasting time through nervous, restless activity — it's not just lazy, it's specifically the fidgety, anxious kind of wasting time.
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