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Definition of 'fart'

English

(wikipedia)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (informal|mildly|vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
  • * 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":
  • I fart with twenty ladies by;
    They call me beast; and what care I?
  • To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
  • Synonyms

    * beef * blow off * break wind * cut one loose * cut the cheese (rel-mid4) * flatulate * guff * have gas * let one rip (rel-mid4) * pass gas * pass wind * poot * step on a duck (rel-mid4) * step on a frog * toot * blown bowel bugle * trouser cough (rel-bottom) (waste time with aimless activities) futz, fool around, fool about * See also

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
  • * , II.12:
  • Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart , for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad.
  • (colloquial|vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.
  • (colloquial|vulgar|potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart ") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.
  • Synonyms

    (an emission of flatulent gases) * barking spider * bottom burp * flatus * fluffer-doodle * air biscuit (rel-mid) * poot * raspberry tart (Cockney rhyming slang) * toot * beef * See also (rel-bottom)

    Derived terms

    {{der3|armpit fart |brain fart |duck fart |fanny fart |farter |farting |fart sack |nun fart |old fart |sparrow-fart}}

    See also

    * burp * flatulence * flatulent * flatus * queef

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'fart'

    fruit, frat, fret, fort, frot, frit, freet, freit, frett, freat