FART

fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind

(noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

fart, break wind

(verb) expel intestinal gases through the anus

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

fart (third-person singular simple present farts, present participle farting, simple past and past participle farted)

(informal, impolite, intransitive) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

Synonyms: beef, blow off, break wind, cut one loose, cut the cheese, flatulate, Thesaurus:flatulate

(colloquial, intransitive, usually, as "fart around") 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: futz, fool around, fool about

(figuratively, transitive) To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

Usage notes

This term, although considered somewhat impolite, is not generally considered vulgar. It once was, and there still may be some that do consider it to be, so it is best avoided in polite discourse.

Noun

fart (plural farts)

(informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. [from 15th c.]

(colloquial, impolite, pejorative) An irritating person; a fool.

(colloquial, impolite, pejorative, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.

Synonyms

(emit flatulent gases):

• barking spider

• bottom burp

• flatus

• fluffer-doodle

• air biscuit

• poot

• raspberry tart (Cockney rhyming slang)

• toot

• beef

• See also flatus

Anagrams

• RTFA, TRAF, frat, raft, traf

Source: Wiktionary



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