farter

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noun

Someone or something that farts.

“The drive took forty minutes, stuck behind those farters from the backwoods.”

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cheese cutter
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Meanings

nounfarter (plural farters)

plural farters

  1. Someone or something that farts.
  2. dialectalOne who ambles along slowly.

    The drive took forty minutes, stuck behind those farters from the backwoods.

  3. AustraliainformalA bed or sleeping bag

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
cheese cutter
Also see
cheese cutter

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfarter
  2. Englishfarter

From Middle English farter, fartare, fertere, equivalent to fart + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for a bed or sleeping bag, + -er (patient suffix). Cognate with German Furzer (“farter”).

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Translations

Catalan petaner, petanera
  • petanerone who farts
  • petaneraone who farts
  • petaireone who farts
Chinese Mandarin 放屁者
  • 放屁者 (fàngpìzhě)one who farts
Finnish pierijä, piereskelijä
  • pierijäone who farts
  • piereskelijäone who farts
  • pieraisijaone who farts
  • etanaslow person
French péteur, péteuse
  • péteurone who farts
  • péteuseone who farts
German Furzer, Furzerin
  • Furzerone who farts
  • Furzerinone who farts
Greek κλανιάρης, πριτσομπαλίτσας
  • κλανιάρης (klaniáris)one who farts
  • πριτσομπαλίτσας (pritsompalítsas)one who farts
  • πορδαλάς (pordalás)one who farts
Irish bromaire
  • bromaireone who farts
Italian scoreggione, scoreggiona
  • scoreggioneone who farts
  • scoreggionaone who farts
Korean 방귀쟁이
  • 방귀쟁이 (banggwijaeng'i)one who farts
Lithuanian pirdžius
  • pirdžiusone who farts
Persian گوزنده, گوززن
  • گوزنده (guzande)one who farts
  • گوززن (guz-zan)one who farts
Portuguese peidorreiro, peidorreira
  • peidorreiroone who farts
  • peidorreiraone who farts
  • peidãoone who farts
  • peidonaone who farts
Russian перду́н, перду́нья
  • перду́н (perdún)one who farts
  • перду́нья (perdúnʹja)one who farts
  • перду́шка (perdúška)one who farts
  • бздун (bzdun)one who farts
  • бзду́нья (bzdúnʹja)one who farts
  • бзду́шка (bzdúška)one who farts
Ukrainian перду́н
  • перду́н (perdún)one who farts
Vietnamese bôi mỡ
  • bôi mỡone who farts

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

farter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farter

MLA

“farter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farter.

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