fart
pronunciation
How to pronounce fart in British English:
UK [fɑ:t]
How to pronounce fart in American English:
US [fɑrt]
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- Noun:
- a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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- Verb:
- expel intestinal gases through the anus
Word Origin
- fart
- fart: [OE] Fart is a widespread and ancient word in the Indo-European languages, and goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European *perd-, which may originally have been an imitation of the sound of a fart. Its other offspring besides fart include German farzen and furzen, Swedish fjärta, Danish fjerte, Russian perdet’, Polish pierdzieć, Greek pordízō, and Welsh rhechain.
- fart (v.)
- Old English feortan, ultimately from PIE *perd- (cognates: Old High German ferzan, Old Norse freta, Danish fjerte, Sanskrit pard, Greek perdein, Lithuanian perdzu, Russian perdet), of imitative origin. Related: Farted; farting. As a noun, from late 14c. Clatterer or clatterfart, which wyl disclose anye light secreate. [Richard Huloet, "Abecedarium Anglo-Latinum," 1552]
Example
- 1. How can I mask the smell of a fart ?
- 2. We don 't have to fart to amuse ourselves .
- 3. But what can you do to mask the smell of a fart ?
- 4. Well if you have ever wondered if you fart more or less than the average human person then read on .
- 5. Every night he listens to my troubles , cooing his understanding or praising me with an encouraging fart .