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crop-dusting

crop-dusting noun: the application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft. Also the present participle and gerund of crop-dust.

crop-dusting: the application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft
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Noun

crop-dusting (usually uncountable, plural crop-dustings)

  1. (usually) The application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft
  2. (humorous, informal, usually) The act of farting in public while passing by people.

Also used as

crop-dusting is also the present participle and gerund of crop-dust.

Forms of crop-dusting

pluralcrop-dustings
alternative formcropdusting
alternative formcrop dusting

Questions about crop-dusting

What does crop-dusting mean?
Crop-dusting means the application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft.
What part of speech is crop-dusting?
Crop-dusting is a noun.
What is the plural of crop-dusting?
The plural of crop-dusting is crop-dustings.

Words near crop-dusting in the dictionary

  1. crop tops
  2. crop up
  3. crop-dust
  4. crop-dusted
  5. crop-duster
  6. crop-dusting
  7. crop-dustings
  8. crop-dusts
  9. crop-ear
  10. crop-ears
  11. crop-full

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