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fart

Pronunciation: /fɑːt/

The English word “fart” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
  2. To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

noun

  1. An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
  2. An irritating person; a fool.
  3. One who is inflexibly meticulous.

Etymology

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.

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