Meanings
fart1
verbfart (third-person singular simple present farts, present participle farting, simple past and past participle farted)
present singular third person farts · participle present farting · participle past farted · past farted
- informalintransitiveTo emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
I fart with twenty ladies by; / They call me beast; and what care I?
1728, Jonathan Swift, A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and TimothySynonyms: beef, blow off, break wind, cut one loose, cut the cheese, flatulate, toot, pass gas
- figurativelyinformaltransitiveTo emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
Above his head the funnel farted black soot into the sky.
1988, Peter Carey, chapter 95, in Oscar and Lucinda, London: Faber and Faber, published 1989, page 4571 more example
We’ve been stuck behind a Ford Escort farting black smoke for ten minutes.
2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, New York: Riverhead Books, page 139
nounfart (plural farts)
plural farts
- informalAn emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.First known use 15th c.
Silent farts are often the smelliest.
2 more examples
I think I heard a fart. Was it you, Nigella?
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[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLCSynonyms: flatus
- derogatoryAn irritating person; a fool.
- MaineOne who is inflexibly meticulous.
FART2
nounFART (plural FARTs)
plural FARTs
- derogatoryA trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF).
“Blaming trans people for everything” is to FARTs as Three Blind Mice is to the bloody recorder.
2019 May 16, Dan (@DanDanYamagata), Twitter2 more examples
Reminder that FARTs don't actually believe trans women are men. They don't speak to people they think are men the way they do to trans women.
2018 September 16, Panic Dixie Scream Girl (@ChaKatKimber), TwitterTellingly, FARTs often end up in alliance with other far right movements with xenophobic, white supremacist, and nativist and ethno-nationalist reactionary politics.
2022, Alex Khasnabish, Making Sense of Society: Power and Possibility, page 118Synonyms: GC, GCF, gendercrit, gendercritter, TERF, terven
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
nounAn emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
Similar
nounA trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
fart · verb, noun
- Middle Englishfert
- Proto-Indo-European*perd-
- Proto-Germanic*fertaną
- Proto-West Germanic*fertan
- Old English*feortan
- Middle Englishferten
- Englishfart
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →FART · noun
Acronym of feminism-appropriating reactionary transphobe deliberately constructed to be homonymous with fart.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans poep, poep
- poepto emit flatulent gases
- poepan emission of flatulent gases
Ancient Greek πέρδομαι, βδέω
- πέρδομαι (pérdomai)to emit flatulent gases
- βδέω (bdéō)to emit flatulent gases
- πορδή (pordḗ)an emission of flatulent gases
Arabic حَبَقَ, ضَرَطَ
- حَبَقَ (ḥabaqa)to emit flatulent gases
- ضَرَطَ (ḍaraṭa)to emit flatulent gases
- فَسَا (fasā)to emit flatulent gases
- حَبْقَة (ḥabqa)an emission of flatulent gases
- ضَرْطَة (ḍarṭa)an emission of flatulent gases
- فَسْوَة (faswa)an emission of flatulent gases
Basque uzker egin
- uzker eginto emit flatulent gases
Bengali পাদা
- পাদা (pada)to emit flatulent gases
Bulgarian пърдя́, пръдня́
- пърдя́ (părdjá)to emit flatulent gases
- пръдня́ (prădnjá)an emission of flatulent gases
- пръдльо (prădljo)irritating person
Catalan petar, pet
- petarto emit flatulent gases
- petan emission of flatulent gases
- llufaan emission of flatulent gases
- gansaan emission of flatulent gases
Chinese Cantonese 放屁
- 放屁 (fong³ pei³)to emit flatulent gases
Chinese Mandarin 放屁, 放氣 /放气
- 放屁 (fàngpì)to emit flatulent gases
- 放氣 /放气 (fàngqì)to emit flatulent gases
- 屁 (pì)an emission of flatulent gases
- 放屁 (fàngpì)an emission of flatulent gases
Czech prdět, prdnout si
- prdětto emit flatulent gases
- prdnout sito emit flatulent gases
- pšoukatto emit flatulent gases
- pšouknoutto emit flatulent gases
- pouštět větryto emit flatulent gases
- bzdítto emit flatulent gases
- prdan emission of flatulent gases
- pšoukan emission of flatulent gases
Danish fjærte, prutte
- fjærteto emit flatulent gases
- prutteto emit flatulent gases
- fiseto emit flatulent gases
- fjærtan emission of flatulent gases
- prutan emission of flatulent gases
- fisan emission of flatulent gases
Dutch scheten, een wind laten
- schetento emit flatulent gases
- een wind latento emit flatulent gases
- scheet latento emit flatulent gases
- prottento emit flatulent gases
- een prot latento emit flatulent gases
- windan emission of flatulent gases
- scheetan emission of flatulent gases
- pufan emission of flatulent gases
Esperanto furzi, furzo
- furzito emit flatulent gases
- furzoan emission of flatulent gases
Estonian peeretama, puuksutama
- peeretamato emit flatulent gases
- puuksutamato emit flatulent gases
- peeran emission of flatulent gases
- puuksan emission of flatulent gases
Finnish pieraista, piereskellä
- pieraistato emit flatulent gases
- piereskelläto emit flatulent gases
- pierräto emit flatulent gases
- pieruan emission of flatulent gases
- rupsuan emission of flatulent gases
- tuhnuan emission of flatulent gases
French péter, faire un pet
- péterto emit flatulent gases
- faire un petto emit flatulent gases
- faire un proutto emit flatulent gases
- prouterto emit flatulent gases
- lâcher une caisseto emit flatulent gases
- avoir des gazto emit flatulent gases
- lâcher une perleto emit flatulent gases
- lâcher Médorto emit flatulent gases
- petan emission of flatulent gases
- vessean emission of flatulent gases
- FARTTranslations
German furzen, pfurzen
- furzento emit flatulent gases
- pfurzento emit flatulent gases
- pupsento emit flatulent gases
- einen fahren lassento emit flatulent gases
- einen Schas lassento emit flatulent gases
- schasento emit flatulent gases
- Furzan emission of flatulent gases
- Fürzean emission of flatulent gases
- Pupsan emission of flatulent gases
Greek κλάνω, πέρδομαι
- κλάνω (kláno)to emit flatulent gases
- πέρδομαι (pérdomai)to emit flatulent gases
- πορδίζω (pordízo)to emit flatulent gases
- πορδή (pordí)an emission of flatulent gases
- κλανιά (klaniá)an emission of flatulent gases
Hawaiian pūhiʻu, hio
- pūhiʻuto emit flatulent gases
- hioto emit flatulent gases
Hebrew הפליץ, נפיחה
- הפליץ (hiflíts)to emit flatulent gases
- נפיחה (n’fikháh)an emission of flatulent gases
- פלוץ (flotz)an emission of flatulent gases
- נאד (nod)an emission of flatulent gases
Hindi पादना, हवा छोड़ना
- पादना (pādnā)to emit flatulent gases
- हवा छोड़ना (havā choṛnā)to emit flatulent gases
- पाद मारना (pād mārnā)to emit flatulent gases
- पाद (pād)an emission of flatulent gases
Hungarian fingik, púzik
- fingikto emit flatulent gases
- púzikto emit flatulent gases
- fingan emission of flatulent gases
- púan emission of flatulent gases
Icelandic prumpa, freta
- prumpato emit flatulent gases
- fretato emit flatulent gases
- prumpan emission of flatulent gases
- fretan emission of flatulent gases
- freturan emission of flatulent gases
Indonesian kentut, kentut
- kentutto emit flatulent gases
- kentutan emission of flatulent gases
Irish broim, broim
- broimto emit flatulent gases
- broiman emission of flatulent gases
- broimneachan emission of flatulent gases
- ruagánan emission of flatulent gases
- tuthógan emission of flatulent gases
Italian scoreggiare, fare un peto
- scoreggiareto emit flatulent gases
- fare un petoto emit flatulent gases
- scoreggiaan emission of flatulent gases
- petoan emission of flatulent gases
- flatoan emission of flatulent gases
- loffaan emission of flatulent gases
- vesciaan emission of flatulent gases
Japanese おならをする, 放屁する
- おならをする (onara o suru)to emit flatulent gases
- 放屁する (hōhi suru)to emit flatulent gases
- 屁をひる (he o hiru)to emit flatulent gases
- 屁をこく (he o koku)to emit flatulent gases
- 屁 (he)an emission of flatulent gases
- おなら (onara)an emission of flatulent gases
Korean 방귀뀌다, 방귀를 뀌다
- 방귀뀌다 (banggwikkwida)to emit flatulent gases
- 방귀를 뀌다 (banggwi-reul kkwida)to emit flatulent gases
- 방귀 (banggwi)an emission of flatulent gases
Latin pēdō, pēditum
- pēdōto emit flatulent gases
- pēdituman emission of flatulent gases
- flātusan emission of flatulent gases
- flātulentiaan emission of flatulent gases
Latvian pirst, pirdiens
- pirstto emit flatulent gases
- pirdiensan emission of flatulent gases
Lithuanian gadinti orą, persti
- gadinti orąto emit flatulent gases
- perstito emit flatulent gases
- bezdėtito emit flatulent gases
- paperdimasan emission of flatulent gases
- bezdalasan emission of flatulent gases
Malay kentut
- kentutto emit flatulent gases
Māori pīhau, patero
- pīhauto emit flatulent gases
- pateroto emit flatulent gases
- pīhauan emission of flatulent gases
- pateroan emission of flatulent gases
Norwegian fis, propp
- fisan emission of flatulent gases
- proppan emission of flatulent gases
- prompan emission of flatulent gases
- vindan emission of flatulent gases
Norwegian Bokmål fise, fjerte
- fiseto emit flatulent gases
- fjerteto emit flatulent gases
- pruppeto emit flatulent gases
- prompeto emit flatulent gases
- slippe en vindto emit flatulent gases
- fjertan emission of flatulent gases
Persian گوزیدن, چسیدن
- گوزیدن (guzidan)to emit flatulent gases
- چسیدن (čosidan)to emit flatulent gases
- گوز دادن (guz dâdan)to emit flatulent gases
- گوز (guz)an emission of flatulent gases
Polish pierdzieć, pierdnąć
- pierdziećto emit flatulent gases
- pierdnąćto emit flatulent gases
- psuć powietrzeto emit flatulent gases
- zepsuć powietrzeto emit flatulent gases
- puszczać bąkato emit flatulent gases
- puścić bąkato emit flatulent gases
- nasmrodzićto emit flatulent gases
- zesmrodzić sięto emit flatulent gases
- pierdnięciean emission of flatulent gases
- bąkan emission of flatulent gases
- pierdan emission of flatulent gases
- cichaczan emission of flatulent gases
- FARTTranslations
Portuguese peidar, peido
- peidarto emit flatulent gases
- peidoan emission of flatulent gases
- puman emission of flatulent gases
- bufaan emission of flatulent gases
Romanian băși, pârțâi
- bășito emit flatulent gases
- pârțâito emit flatulent gases
- vântan emission of flatulent gases
- flatulențăan emission of flatulent gases
- bășinăan emission of flatulent gases
- pârțan emission of flatulent gases
Russian перде́ть impf пёрднуть, пёрнуть
- перде́ть impf пёрднуть (perdétʹ)to emit flatulent gases
- пёрнуть (pjórnutʹ)to emit flatulent gases
- бздеть (bzdetʹ)to emit flatulent gases
- набзде́ть (nabzdétʹ)to emit flatulent gases
- пу́кать (púkatʹ)to emit flatulent gases
- пу́кнуть (púknutʹ)to emit flatulent gases
- перде́ть (perdétʹ)to emit (fumes, gases, etc.)
- перде́ние (perdénije)an emission of flatulent gases
- пу́кание (púkanije)an emission of flatulent gases
- пердёж (perdjóž)an emission of flatulent gases
- бздёж (bzdjož)an emission of flatulent gases
Slovak prdieť, prdnúť
- prdieťto emit flatulent gases
- prdnúťto emit flatulent gases
- prdan emission of flatulent gases
Spanish peer, soltar/tirarse un pedo
- peerto emit flatulent gases
- soltar/tirarse un pedoto emit flatulent gases
- pedorrearto emit flatulent gases
- ventosearto emit flatulent gases
- pedoan emission of flatulent gases
- cuescoan emission of flatulent gases
Swahili -shuta, -jamba
- -shutato emit flatulent gases
- -jambato emit flatulent gases
- shuzian emission of flatulent gases
Swedish fisa, fjärta
- fisato emit flatulent gases
- fjärtato emit flatulent gases
- pruttato emit flatulent gases
- vädra tarmento emit flatulent gases
- släppa väderto emit flatulent gases
- fisan emission of flatulent gases
- fjärtan emission of flatulent gases
- pruttan emission of flatulent gases
Tagalog utot, umutot
- utotto emit flatulent gases
- umutotto emit flatulent gases
- utotan emission of flatulent gases
Tamil வாய்வு பறிதல், குசு விடு
- வாய்வு பறிதல் (vāyvu paṟital)to emit flatulent gases
- குசு விடு (kucu viṭu)to emit flatulent gases
- குசு (kucu)an emission of flatulent gases
- வாய்வு (vāyvu)an emission of flatulent gases
- வேற்றுக்காற்று (vēṟṟukkāṟṟu)an emission of flatulent gases
Thai ตด, ผายลม
- ตด (dtòt)to emit flatulent gases
- ผายลม (pǎai-lom)to emit flatulent gases
- ตด (dtòt)an emission of flatulent gases
Turkish osurmak, yellenmek
- osurmakto emit flatulent gases
- yellenmekto emit flatulent gases
- osurukan emission of flatulent gases
Ukrainian перді́ти
- перді́ти (perdíty)to emit flatulent gases
Urdu پاد مارنا, ہوا چھوڑنا
- پاد مارنا (pād mārnā)to emit flatulent gases
- ہوا چھوڑنا (havā ćho.rnā)to emit flatulent gases
- پادنا (pādnā)to emit flatulent gases
- پاد (pād)an emission of flatulent gases
- ٹهسکی (ṭhaskī)an emission of flatulent gases
Vietnamese địt, chùi gháu
- địtto emit flatulent gases
- chùi gháuto emit flatulent gases
- đánh rắmto emit flatulent gases
- đánh địtto emit flatulent gases
- đánh rắman emission of flatulent gases
- trung tiệnan emission of flatulent gases
- rắman emission of flatulent gases
- địtan emission of flatulent gases
Welsh rhechu, cnecu
- rhechuto emit flatulent gases
- cnecuto emit flatulent gases
- rhechan emission of flatulent gases
Yiddish פֿאַרצן, פֿאָרץ
- פֿאַרצן (fartsn)to emit flatulent gases
- פֿאָרץ (forts)an emission of flatulent gases
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fart
partartstartcartheartsmartchartapartmarthartdepartrestartBartcartedartsweetheartscartimpartDescarteschartresoutsmartLARTsnartquarte
All rhymes →Anagrams
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