"fart about" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-fart about.ogg [Australia] Forms: farts about [present, singular, third-person], farting about [participle, present], farted about [participle, past], farted about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fart about (third-person singular simple present farts about, present participle farting about, simple past and past participle farted about)
  1. (slang) To waste time, or to fool about. Tags: slang Synonyms: fart around, fool around Translations (Translations): zbijać bąki [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fart_about-en-verb-W7WMfDsf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fart about meaning in English (1.5kB)

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