fart

verb

/fɑːt/

/fɑːrt/

[intransitive] (taboo, slang)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fart	/fɑːt/ /fɑːrt/
he / she / it farts	/fɑːts/ /fɑːrts/
past simple farted	/ˈfɑːtɪd/ /ˈfɑːrtɪd/
past participle farted	/ˈfɑːtɪd/ /ˈfɑːrtɪd/
-ing form farting	/ˈfɑːtɪŋ/ /ˈfɑːrtɪŋ/

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to let air from the bowels come out through the anus, especially when it happens loudly放屁；（尤指）放响屁 A more polite way of expressing this is ‘to break wind’.
Word OriginOld English (recorded in the verbal noun feorting ‘farting’) of Germanic origin; related to German farzen, furzen.

noun

/fɑːt/

/fɑːrt/

(taboo, slang)

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an act of letting air from the bowels come out through the anus, especially when it happens loudly放屁；（尤指）放响屁
an unpleasant, boring or stupid person讨厌的人；令人厌烦的人；蠢人
- He's just a boring old fart.他只是个无聊的老家伙。

Word OriginOld English (recorded in the verbal noun feorting ‘farting’) of Germanic origin; related to German farzen, furzen.

BNC: 22548 COCA: 18709

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