Fart
verb
To release gas from the intestines out of the body.
He felt embarrassed when he accidentally farted during the meeting.

Often appears as...
- fart loudly
- accidentally fart
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
Gas released from the intestines out of the body.
His fart was so loud that everyone in the room heard it.

Often appears as...
- silent fart
- smelly fart
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
A boring or useless person.
He is such a fart, he never contributes anything useful.

Often appears as...
- old fart
- boring fart
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb
To release gas from the intestines out of the body.
He felt embarrassed when he accidentally farted during the meeting.

Often appears as...
- fart loudly
- accidentally fart
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
Gas released from the intestines out of the body.
His fart was so loud that everyone in the room heard it.

Often appears as...
- silent fart
- smelly fart
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A boring or useless person.
He is such a fart, he never contributes anything useful.

Often appears as...
- old fart
- boring fart
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Socially Inappropriate
Using 'fart' can be considered rude in formal or public settings.

He had to restrain from wanting to fart at the dinner table.
Humor Context
'Fart' is often used in jokes or humorous situations among friends.

The clown farted with every step, making the children laugh.
Childish Expression
The word 'fart' is sometimes seen as childish, so adults may avoid it.

My little brother thinks the word 'fart' is hysterical.
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Everything you need to...
by hanging her rear end out the window for him to kiss. When this appears not to work, her scholar decides to try farting in the same position, but this time, the clerk is waiting with a red-hot poker. This might all sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever
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Why you should love...
multiple times a day, whether consciously or subconsciously, I need to remind myself not to fart publicly. You know, we're desperately trying to avoid being gross all the time, so I think many of us take this kind of voyeuristic delight in learning about gross things. This is certainly true of kids;
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How whales breathe,...
Sounds like it's farting underwater. What that dolphin is actually doing, though, is echolocation, which is making these series of pulses, and it uses it like a bat uses sonar. Well, a bat uses radar, but when it's underwater it's sonar, so this animal is using sonar to see its world in sound.
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Why should you read Kurt...
as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne.” In spite of his insistence that we’re all here to fart around, in spite of his deep concerns about the course of human existence,
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The world’s most...
For most humans, farts are a welcome relief, an embarrassing incident, or an opportunity for a gas-based gag. But for many other creatures, farts are no laughing matter. Deep in the bowels of the animal kingdom, farts can serve as tools of intimidation,
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How we found the giant...
I gave a talk on unobtrusive viewing and optical luring of deep sea squid in which I emphasized the importance of using quiet, unobtrusive platforms for exploration. This came out of hundreds of dives I have made, farting around in the dark
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How One Brilliant Woman...
later produced a more detailed physiographic map to further support her case at the same time another graduate student Howard Foster was plotting the excess sentence of earthquakes in the same region of the Atlantic fart notice that
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Surprises Ahead PIPE...
- My mother was a witch. And I know that I said my favorite of her sayings was the one about the bloated monk who feared his vow of silence covered farts, but I didn't have a way with the phrase. I'm afraid that I'll word it wrong.
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Accessible fart machines...
something kids like to do so much they independently wanted to play with toys so we talked about what kind of toys we were going to look at and what I've learned by having a child of my own is that kids love farts they do I mean
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Can Sloths Kill You? PIPE...
I mean, I worry for the person who searched for this. Can sloths fart? Erm, Actually, no, sloths can't fart. Well, they do something I would say is probably more disgusting than farting,
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Everything you need to...
by hanging her rear end out the window for him to kiss. When this appears not to work, her scholar decides to try farting in the same position, but this time, the clerk is waiting with a red-hot poker. This might all sound like a bawdy joke, but it’s part of one of the most esteemed works of English literature ever
Video examples
Why you should love...
multiple times a day, whether consciously or subconsciously, I need to remind myself not to fart publicly. You know, we're desperately trying to avoid being gross all the time, so I think many of us take this kind of voyeuristic delight in learning about gross things. This is certainly true of kids;
Video examples
How whales breathe,...
Sounds like it's farting underwater. What that dolphin is actually doing, though, is echolocation, which is making these series of pulses, and it uses it like a bat uses sonar. Well, a bat uses radar, but when it's underwater it's sonar, so this animal is using sonar to see its world in sound.
Video examples
Why should you read Kurt...
as they ate sugar and suffocated in their own excrement. Because of their limited intelligence, they never came close to guessing that they were making champagne.” In spite of his insistence that we’re all here to fart around, in spite of his deep concerns about the course of human existence,
Video examples
The world’s most...
For most humans, farts are a welcome relief, an embarrassing incident, or an opportunity for a gas-based gag. But for many other creatures, farts are no laughing matter. Deep in the bowels of the animal kingdom, farts can serve as tools of intimidation,
Video examples
How we found the giant...
I gave a talk on unobtrusive viewing and optical luring of deep sea squid in which I emphasized the importance of using quiet, unobtrusive platforms for exploration. This came out of hundreds of dives I have made, farting around in the dark
Video examples
How One Brilliant Woman...
later produced a more detailed physiographic map to further support her case at the same time another graduate student Howard Foster was plotting the excess sentence of earthquakes in the same region of the Atlantic fart notice that
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Surprises Ahead PIPE...
- My mother was a witch. And I know that I said my favorite of her sayings was the one about the bloated monk who feared his vow of silence covered farts, but I didn't have a way with the phrase. I'm afraid that I'll word it wrong.
Video examples
Accessible fart machines...
something kids like to do so much they independently wanted to play with toys so we talked about what kind of toys we were going to look at and what I've learned by having a child of my own is that kids love farts they do I mean
Video examples
Can Sloths Kill You? PIPE...
I mean, I worry for the person who searched for this. Can sloths fart? Erm, Actually, no, sloths can't fart. Well, they do something I would say is probably more disgusting than farting,
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Quote examples
Charlamagne tha God
American Entertainer
Stans' can not see anything wrong with their favorite artist. They love everything they do. If the artist fart, they're like, 'OMG, that was the best-sounding fart I ever heard in my life. She farted on beat,' whatever. I'm an 'objective fan,' so I can give my opinion about things.

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Albert Brooks
American Actor
I made my living in comedy, but I'm not a silly person. I've got all these sides to me. Even in my movies that I've written myself, the characters sometimes border on great anger or nutsiness or other kinds of behavior. I'm not just doing fart jokes for two hours.

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Alex Lifeson
Canadian Musician
People are getting away from the whole album experience, it's true. I think that's sad. Maybe I'm just saying that because I'm an old fart. But I can't help it - albums are what I grew up with, and I still love them.

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Dan Schneider
I'm never going to write fart jokes, because I feel like I have a responsibility to the audience to give them good stuff. I should be able to come up with something funnier than any third-grade boy could think of.

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Terry Pratchett
English Author
It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.

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Martin Parr
British Photographer
I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.

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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.

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Paul Rodgers
English Musician
I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out there.

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Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.

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Andy Samberg
American Comedian
If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.

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Charlamagne tha God
American Entertainer
Stans' can not see anything wrong with their favorite artist. They love everything they do. If the artist fart, they're like, 'OMG, that was the best-sounding fart I ever heard in my life. She farted on beat,' whatever. I'm an 'objective fan,' so I can give my opinion about things.

Quote examples
Albert Brooks
American Actor
I made my living in comedy, but I'm not a silly person. I've got all these sides to me. Even in my movies that I've written myself, the characters sometimes border on great anger or nutsiness or other kinds of behavior. I'm not just doing fart jokes for two hours.

Quote examples
Alex Lifeson
Canadian Musician
People are getting away from the whole album experience, it's true. I think that's sad. Maybe I'm just saying that because I'm an old fart. But I can't help it - albums are what I grew up with, and I still love them.

Quote examples
Dan Schneider
I'm never going to write fart jokes, because I feel like I have a responsibility to the audience to give them good stuff. I should be able to come up with something funnier than any third-grade boy could think of.

Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.

Quote examples
Martin Parr
British Photographer
I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.

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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.

Quote examples
Paul Rodgers
English Musician
I honestly have really deep reservations about releasing everything you ever did. Every time somebody farted in the studio, now it's out there.

Quote examples
Kurt Vonnegut
American Writer
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.

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Andy Samberg
American Comedian
If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.

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