"fart-arse" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fart-arse.ogg [Australia] Forms: fart-arses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fart-arse (plural fart-arses)
  1. (British, slang, derogatory) Term of abuse. Tags: British, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-fart-arse-en-noun-YoIzM~oB Categories (other): British English

Verb

Audio: En-au-fart-arse.ogg [Australia] Forms: fart-arses [present, singular, third-person], fart-arsing [participle, present], fart-arsed [participle, past], fart-arsed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} fart-arse (third-person singular simple present fart-arses, present participle fart-arsing, simple past and past participle fart-arsed)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To waste time or opportunities; to dawdle. Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, slang
    Sense id: en-fart-arse-en-verb-kWxO-K6b Categories (other): Australian English, British English, Irish English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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