fart around

fart around
intransitive verb
: to mess around : waste time — often considered vulgar

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ˌfart a ˈbout ˌfart a ˈround [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fart about he/she/it farts about present participle farting about past tense farted about past participle farted about] impolite phrasal verb
to waste time doing silly or unimportant things
Thesaurus: to waste time, or to pass time doing unimportant thingssynonym
Main entry: fart

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fart around
informal + impolite : to waste time : to spend time doing activities that have no serious purpose

Quit farting around [=messing around, fooling around] and finish your work!

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Main Entry: ↑fart

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ˌfart aˈround derived
(BrE also ˌfart aˈbout) (taboo, slang) to waste time by behaving in a silly way

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Stop farting around and give me a hand with this!

Main entry: ↑fartderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • fart around — phrasal verb fart about or fart around [intransitive] Word forms fart about : present tense I/you/we/they fart about he/she/it farts about present participle farting about past tense farted about past participle farted about impolite to waste… …   English dictionary

  • fart around — [B] play instead of work, goof off, hang out    When we were kids we used to fart around at my uncle s store …   English idioms

  • fart around — waste time on trivial things. → fart …   English new terms dictionary

  • fart around — vb to mess around, waste one s time or play the fool ► Come on you guys, stop farting around and get down to business …   Contemporary slang

  • fart around — verb To waste time, or to fool about. Syn: fool around …   Wiktionary

  • fart around — I Australian Slang behave stupidly or waste time II Everyday English Slang in Ireland v to fool around …   English dialects glossary

  • fart around — v. waste time; mess around …   English slang

  • fart around — in. to waste time; to do something ineffectually or inefficiently. (Usually objectionable.) □ Stop farting around and get to work! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Fart around — behave stupidly or waste time …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • Fart — is an English language vulgarism most commonly used in reference to flatulence. The word fart is generally considered unsuitable in a formal environment by modern English speakers, and it may be considered vulgar or offensive in some situations.… …   Wikipedia

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