to fart about
11fart* — 1. Person disapproved of. Also fart arse. 2. Thing of small value. (Used in numerous expressions for emph. e.g. Not worth a fart.) 3. fart about, around Waste time. Also fart arse about, around …
12fart — I UK [fɑː(r)t] / US [fɑrt] verb [intransitive] Word forms fart : present tense I/you/we/they fart he/she/it farts present participle farting past tense farted past participle farted impolite to allow gases from your stomach to come out through… …
13fart — fart1 [fa:t US fa:rt] v [i]not polite [: Old English; Origin: feortan] to make air come out of your ↑bowel s = ↑break wind fart about/around phr v to waste time not doing very much ▪ Stop farting around and get on with your work! fart 2 fart2 n …
14fart — informal verb 1》 emit wind from the anus. 2》 (fart around Brit. also fart about) waste time on trivial things. noun 1》 an emission of wind from the anus. 2》 a boring or contemptible person: an old fart. Origin OE: of Gmc origin …
15fart — 1 verb (I) taboo to make air come out of your bowel (1) s fart about/around phrasal verb (I) informal to waste time not doing very much 2 noun 1 taboo an act of making air come out of your bowel (1) s 2 slang a stupid and uninteresting person: a… …
16Fart like a two-stroke — about the behaviour of a person with a noisy flatulence problem …
17Fart Proudly — other scientific investigations were scarcely worth a FART HING ] Fart Proudly (also called “A Letter To A Royal Academy”, also called To the Royal Academy of Farting ) is the popular name of a notorious essay [ [http://www.bffff.org/frtprd.html] …
18fart-arse — /ˈfat as/ (say faht ahs) Colloquial (taboo) –noun 1. an ineffectual person. –phrase (fart arsed, fart arsing) 2. fart arse about (or around), to waste time, to idle. Usage: See note at arse …
19fart — /fat / (say faht) Colloquial –noun 1. an emission of intestinal gas from the anus, especially an audible one. 2. a foolish or ineffectual person: an old fart. –verb (i) 3. to emit intestinal gas from the anus. –phrase 4. fart around (or about),… …
20fart-arseing about — • to act foolishly and waste time. e.g. If you wouldn t have spent so long fart arseing about we d be their by now …
