cropdusting
cropdusting Lexical Profile
cropdusting Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The practice of spraying agricultural crops with powdered or liquid insecticides, herbicides, or fertilizers from a low-flying aircraft.
"Early morning is often the safest and most effective time for cropdusting because the wind is calm."
The act of passing gas covertly while walking past a group of people (slang).
"The teenagers laughed and accused each other of cropdusting in the crowded hallway."
• verb
To spray agricultural fields or crops with pesticides, fungicides, or fertilizers from an aircraft (present participle of cropdust).
"The pilot spent the entire morning cropdusting the vast cotton fields across the valley."
To pass gas while walking briskly past seated or standing people (slang; present participle of cropdust).
"He admitted to cropdusting the aisle on his way to the back of the airplane."