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fart-arse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

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

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fart-arses Number=Plur lexicographic

fart-arse en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang) To waste time or opportunities; to dawdle.
    • 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:
    • No good fartarsing about, […] 2008, Tom Holt, Falling Sideways, Orbit books, →ISBN, page 24:

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fart-arses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fart-arsed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
fart-arsed Tense=Past lexicographic
fart-arsing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic