"crop-dusting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crop-dustings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} crop-dusting (usually uncountable, plural crop-dustings)
  1. The application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (application of chemicals onto crops from an aircraft): épandage aérien [masculine] (French), pulvérisation aérienne [feminine] (French), agrolotnictwo [neuter] (Polish), aplicación aérea de plaguicidas [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-crop-dusting-en-noun-dSmM2Jxb Disambiguation of 'application of chemicals onto crops from an aircraft': 94 6
  2. (informal, humorous) The act of breaking wind in public while passing by people. Tags: humorous, informal, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-crop-dusting-en-noun-zovGIYwO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66

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