fart-arse

noun

Term of abuse.

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Meanings

nounfart-arse (plural fart-arses)

plural fart-arses

  1. UKderogatoryslangTerm of abuse.
verbfart-arse (third-person singular simple present fart-arses, present participle fart-arsing, simple past and past participle fart-arsed)

present singular third person fart-arses · participle present fart-arsing · participle past fart-arsed · past fart-arsed

  1. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKslangTo waste time or opportunities; to dawdle.

    No good fartarsing about, […]

    2008, Tom Holt, Falling Sideways, Orbit books, →ISBN, page 24
    1 more example

    For the last couple of years, the coaches at the Raiders have never given him much of a chance. They've been fart-arsing him around.

    2009 May 29, David Campese, “Terry Campese's made it on own merits”, in Herald Sun
Cite this entry
APA

fart-arse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fart-arse

MLA

“fart-arse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fart-arse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fart-arse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fart-arse.

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