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farting en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of fart
   form of fart

farting en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
   • Noise grew everywhere — radios, monstrous tape decks, the fartings of untuned engines. 1989, William H. MacLeish, The Gulf Stream:
   • 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. 2007, Roger Angell, Let Me Finish, page 44:

Forms

Translations (2)

bg пърдене (The act of passing wind) · mi paterotanga (The act of passing wind)