farting

verbnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈfɑːtɪŋ//
United States//ˈfɑɹtɪŋ//

The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.

verb

1
Also a form of fartpresent participle and gerund of fart

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

1
The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
Noise grew everywhere — radios, monstrous tape decks, the fartings of untuned engines.
Observing the pantings and fartings of our old Boston terrier Tunney one day, he proposed that the federal government should fund a plan like the Passamaquoddy Bay project that would put all this energy to some use.

Etymology

From Middle English fartynge, fartyng, ferting, from Old English feorting (“farting”), equivalent to fart + -ing.

Forms

plural: fartings

Farrell · A surname from Irish.fart · To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.FART · A trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF).

farting · The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.

fascinated · extremely interested fascinating · Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.fascination · The state or condition of being fascinated.

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