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fart-arse

fart-arse noun: term of abuse.

Noun

fart-arse (plural fart-arses)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) Term of abuse.

Verb

fart-arse (third-person singular simple present fart-arses, present participle fart-arsing, simple past and past participle fart-arsed)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, slang) To waste time or opportunities; to dawdle.
    • No good fartarsing about, […]2008, Tom Holt, Falling Sideways, Orbit books, →ISBN, page 24
    • For the last couple of years, the coaches at the Raiders have never given him much of a chance. They've been fart-arsing him around.2009 May 29, David Campese, “Terry Campese's made it on own merits”, in Herald Sun

Forms of fart-arse

Noun
pluralfart-arses
Verb
third-person singular presentfart-arses
present participlefart-arsing
past participlefart-arsed
pastfart-arsed

Questions about fart-arse

What does fart-arse mean?
Fart-arse means term of abuse.
What part of speech is fart-arse?
Fart-arse can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of fart-arse?
The plural of fart-arse is fart-arses.

Words near fart-arse in the dictionary

  1. fart tax
  2. fart taxes
  3. fart through silk
  4. fart walk
  5. fart walks
  6. fart-arse
  7. fart-arses
  8. fart-breath
  9. fart-breaths
  10. fart-knocker
  11. fart-knockers

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