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fart
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fart has 1 sense
- fart(n = noun.act) breaking wind, farting, flatus, wind - a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus; Array is a kind of inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex
Derived form verb fart1
Verb fart has 1 sense
- fart(v = verb.body) break wind - expel intestinal gases through the anus; Array is one way to act involuntarily, act reflexively
Derived forms noun fart1, noun farting1
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
fart, v. & n. coarse sl.
--v.intr.
1 emit wind from the anus.
2 (foll. by about, around) behave foolishly; waste time.
--n.
1 an emission of wind from the anus.
2 an unpleasant person.
--v.intr.
1 emit wind from the anus.
2 (foll. by about, around) behave foolishly; waste time.
--n.
1 an emission of wind from the anus.
2 an unpleasant person.
Usage
Usually considered a taboo word.
Etymology
OE (recorded in feorting verbal noun) f. Gmc
THESAURUS
fart
SOB, bastard, break wind, bugger, creep, flatulence, flatulency, flatuosity, flatus, gas, heel, hood, hooligan, jerk, lay a fart, louse, meanie, mother, pill, rat, shit, shithead, shitheel, stinkard, stinker, turd, wind
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