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Language: Old English
Origin: feortan

fart

1 verb
     
Related topics: Human
fart1 [intransitive] not polite
HBH to make air come out of your bowels [= break wind]

fart about/around

phrasal verb
to waste time not doing very much:
• Stop farting around and get on with your work!
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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