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fart

[ fahrt ]

/ fɑrt /

Slang: Usually Vulgar.

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noun

a release of intestinal gas through the anus; a flatus.

an irritating or foolish person.

verb (used without object)

to expel intestinal gas through the anus; break wind.

Verb Phrases

fart around, to spend time foolishly or aimlessly.

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Origin of fart

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ferten, farten (verb), fert, fart (noun); cognate with Greek pérdein (verb), pordḗ (noun)

Words nearby fart

Fars, farseeing, Farsi, farsighted, farsightedness, fart, farther, farthermost, farthest, farthing, farthingale

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How to use fart in a sentence

When we first meet Cary and Brooke in season one, he’s a waiter rehearsing his audition for “Man at Party Who Smells Fart” while she is squatting on an air mattress in a luxury apartment she is supposed to be selling.
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That bear will walk away from you and fart in your face and it doesn’t mean a thing to him.
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I chose the Jack and the Beanstalk fart joke, because it was shorter and not risque.
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If you had a burger for lunch, as I do occasionally, raising the beef caused greenhouse-gas emissions—cows burp and fart methane—and so did growing and harvesting the wheat that went into the bun.
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Now in the winter of his years, he has no time or desire to fart around and go fishing with his buddies.
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British Dictionary definitions for fart

fart

/ (fɑːt) slang /

noun

an emission of intestinal gas from the anus, esp an audible one

a contemptible person

verb (intr)

to expel intestinal gas from the anus; to break wind

fart about or fart around

to behave foolishly or aimlessly
to waste time

Word Origin for fart

Middle English farten; related to Old Norse freta, Old High German ferzan to break wind, Sanskrit pardatē he breaks wind

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