fart
Plural: farts
Noun
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
- An irritating person; a fool.
- One who is inflexibly meticulous.
Verb
- expel intestinal gases through the anus
- To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
- To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
Examples
- I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigel?
- Silent farts are often the smelliest.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.
The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.
Synonyms
break wind, breaking wind, farting, flatus, wind, badger, beef, blow off, break ass, crepitate, curmur, cut one loose, cut the cheese, drop a bomb, fart, flatulate, grunt, guff, let fluffy off the chain, let one go, let one rip, make a stinky, pass gas, pass wind, poop, poot, pump, rip ass, rip one, step on a duck, step on a frog, toot, trump
Scrabble Score: 7
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