farting
noun
- bodily function of expelling intestinal gas out of the anus
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːtɪŋ/ / /ˈfɑɹtɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English fartynge, fartyng, ferting, from Old English feorting (“farting”), equivalent to fart + -ing.
- The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
“Noise grew everywhere — radios, monstrous tape decks, the fartings of untuned engines.”
“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.”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- present participle and gerund of fart