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FARTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does farting mean?
• FARTING (noun)
The noun FARTING has 1 sense:
1. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Familiarity information: FARTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
breaking wind; fart; farting; flatus; wind
Hypernyms ("farting" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
Derivation:
fart (expel intestinal gases through the anus)
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