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fart

fart

138 5.7
A sound and smell when gas leaves the body through the bottom
  • noun
  • /fɑrt/
  • NSFW
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  • Christa let out a fart, and all of us giggled.

I think once this is done, a single fart will heat the whole house.

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Examples

  • In this regard, as the story of Wenabozho and the skunk demonstrates, even a fart can be useful.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Broccolis really smell like fart before they're cooked.

  • I think once this is done, a single fart will heat the whole house.

  • It's like when you see someone fart on screen.

  • Well, it sounded like a fart from your butt.

  • But as Tant used to say, Mister E. J. Watson could hear a frog fart in a hurricane.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • His loud fart during the meeting made everyone laugh.

  • The baby giggled after making a fart noise while playing.

  • The strong smell in the room was clearly a result of his fart.

Synonyms

wind
vsfart
  • UK
16 4.1

Gas in the stomach or intestines that can leave the body

is the term for the escape event, often with sound or smell
farting
vsfart
  • NSFW
12 7.7

To let gas pass out through the bottom of the body

often adds sound and smell as common accompanying features
flatus
vsfart
  • Specialized
1 9.4

Gas from the stomach and intestines that leaves the body through the anus

is the everyday term that also points to sound and smell
toot
vsfart
  • NSFW
1 5.7

A short soft sound that gas makes when it leaves the bottom of the body

often involves stronger noise and an accompanying smell as well
poot
vsfart
  • Baby Talk
1 9.9

A small soft sound made when gas is released from the bottom

can be larger or smellier rather than only soft and small
breaking wind
vsfart
  • NSFW
1 6.9

The act of letting gas out from the bottom, often with a sound

includes smell as a usual feature rather than only the action
pooty
vsfart
  • Baby Talk
1 9.9

A small quiet fart people talk about in a playful way

is the neutral term referring to escape often with sound and smell
trouser cough
vsfart
  • Slang
9.9

A sound made when someone passes gas while sitting

is the direct bodily event term, not a humorous or euphemistic name

Idioms

9.9

To behave in a boring, old-fashioned way around other people

9.9

To talk a lot or make big promises but not do anything useful

A funny image of trapped gas making a sealed suit smell bad

An embarrassing moment when someone passes gas in a small space with other people

Something that almost no one notices

Compounds

old fart
  • Slang
17 9.7

An older person who seems out of touch and set in their ways

brain fart
  • Slang
3 9.3

A short moment when you forget something or get confused

fart-breath
  • Offensive
9.9

Breath that smells very bad like a fart

How Smelly

stink bomb
7 3.6
stinker
1 5.7
fart
  • NSFW
138 5.7

Surface Forms

fart singular
farts plural

Etymology

Fart comes from an old English word feortan, which meant 'to break wind'. So a fart is still the release of gas from the body that can make a sound or smell.