Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To expel intestinal gas through the anus; break wind.
- noun An often audible discharge of intestinal gas.
- noun An annoying or foolish person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discharge or expel wind through the anus; break wind.
- noun A discharge of wind through the anus.
- noun A Portugal fig.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb informal, mildly vulgar To emit digestive gases from the anus; to
flatulate . - verb colloquial To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a
lackadaisical manner; to belazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing. - noun colloquial, vulgar An irritating person; a
fool . - noun colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive (usually as "
old fart ") Anelderly person; especially one perceived to holdold-fashioned views.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
- verb expel intestinal gases through the anus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An occasional brain fart is funny, but if it's a symptom of something deeper that's actually serious.
Eschaton 2008
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Saying the word 'fart' makes me laugh, he tells the mag.
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Dd. P.S. Seriously, though, I learned that a fart is a “social non-event.”
If Your Child Farts In A Forest, And You Laugh, Will Anybody Hear It And Judge You? | Her Bad Mother 2008
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Katie isn’t or wasn’t running as VP … a little brain fart is okay, for Palin for the flatulence is annoying and stinks to high heaven!
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A fact the renders the rest of your meanderings as the intellectual equivalent of a brain fart in the heaping pile of for-profit manure.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 5: 23 pm linzloo08 brought to you by I Want My Country Back, Inc.!! says: is = it brain fart ..
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Having some transindental brain fart and not being able “to look at something I've killed” is a load of poopy (sorry, need to keep this clean for the kids).
The Meat Not Eaten 2009
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Sorry brain fart … this is my stupid moment for the week and I thank you for the correction.
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Having some transindental brain fart and not being able “to look at something I've killed” is a load of poopy (sorry, need to keep this clean for the kids).
The Meat Not Eaten 2009
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If Obama suddenly had a brain fart and appointed Easterbrook to SCOTUS, think Republicans would complain?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking ObamaCare Challenges Seriously 2010
skipvia commented on the word fart
See the list Firmament-Clogging Rottenness.
January 4, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fart
How to have fun with little effort:
Take a cheesy love song, and substitute heart with fart.
July 9, 2008
bilby commented on the word fart
Like George Michaels sang:
Last Christmas
I gave you my fart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year
With an arse full of beer
I'm giving you something better ...
July 9, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word fart
You know I'll never go
As long as I know
It's coming straight from a fart.
July 9, 2008
CJ2A commented on the word fart
Used to describe an old man: "the old fart" or "he's an old fart." Never used in reference to a senior lady. Might refer to the tendency to flatulate or willingness to flatulate openly.
April 13, 2009
Cajundweeb commented on the word fart
fart v. pass gas via the anal sphincter, usually accompanied by a noxious odor.
June 8, 2009
tbtabby commented on the word fart
Means "exaggerating" in Turkish.
July 13, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word fart
According to Oxford dictionary: 'A small, uncontolled explosion between the legs'. lol
July 17, 2009
oroboros commented on the word fart
Hey, Jay! Pull my finger! (click on a hand)
November 6, 2009
reesetee commented on the word fart
Now oroboros, haven't I told you to use that site for good and not for evil?
November 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word fart
"A Fart, tho' wholesome, does not fail/If barr'd of Passage by the Tail,/To fly back to the Head again,/And, by its Fumes, disturb the Brain."
- Jonathan Swift.
January 29, 2013
tankhughes commented on the word fart
fart as a transitive verb:
My friends have a 2 month old baby who is learning how to move food through his body, and so after he eats, they move his legs and hips and fold him in half to help him. They "fart the baby" as in "we should change him first, it's hard to fart the baby in these pants."
May 27, 2025
bilby commented on the word fart
There's a Danish expression meaning overkill that translates as 'you don't have to take off your pants to fart'.
May 27, 2025