Meanings
farting1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fart
farting2
plural fartings
- The act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
Noise grew everywhere — radios, monstrous tape decks, the fartings of untuned engines.
1989, William H. MacLeish, The Gulf Stream1 more example
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.
2007, Roger Angell, Let Me Finish, page 44
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
farting · noun
- Old Englishfeorting“farting”
- Middle Englishfartynge
- Englishfarting
From Middle English fartynge, fartyng, ferting, from Old English feorting (“farting”), equivalent to fart + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пърдене
- пърдене (părdene)The act of passing wind
Māori paterotanga
- paterotangaThe act of passing wind
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with farting
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Cite this entry
farting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farting
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