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fart

fɑrt
WordNet
Interesting fact
If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create explosion that is equal to an atomic bomb
  1. (v) fart
    expel intestinal gases through the anus
  2. (n) fart
    a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Some reconstituted tobacco contains the same ingredients found in fart.
  1. fart
    To discharge or expel wind through the anus; break wind.
  2. (n) fart
    A discharge of wind through the anus.
  3. (n) fart
    A Portugal fig.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
The average healthy human being farts 16 times a day.
  1. (v.i) Fart
    fart to break wind
  2. (n) Fart
    a noisy expulsion of wind
Quotations
Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Success is like a fart -- only your own smells nice.
James P. Hogan
Usage in the news

A 72-year-old New Jersey man has been charged with threatening to shoot his neighbor for farting in front of his home. nydailynews.com

An 11 year old kid in Parma, Ohio, got detention for farting on the school bus. bee.com

If he farts again, he gets suspended. bee.com

A rhino fart should stand on its own, without any extra detail to set it up. banana1015.com

Either we're a town of old farts, or interior designers and owners have seriously overestimated how much "buzz" diners want in their restaurants. ashingtoncitypaper.com

Forget cow tipping—it's cow farting we really need to worry about. bohemian.com

Old farts releasing new wind. ocweekly.com

Cow farts are the problem. okgazette.com

Total eclipse of the fart. bsrlive.com

Vomit , Farts, & One Whiny Wale. spin.com

Well, I'm not the only "old fart" that appreciates the analog sound over digital. q1077.com

Man pulls gun on farting neighbor. nj.com

One of us farted in front of the other. curvemag.com

Fear and farting glitter . coloradodaily.com

Turns out it's because of CeeLo's farts. kisscincinnati.com

Usage in literature

Oftentimes did he spit in the basin, and fart for fatness, piss against the sun, and hide himself in the water for fear of rain. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete." by Francois Rabelais

Hath it come to pass yt a fart shall fart itself? "1601 Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors" by Mark Twain

The stout student who stood below them on the steps farted briefly. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce

They were never worth a roasted fart to Ireland. "Ulysses" by James Joyce

Oftentimes did he spit in the basin, and fart for fatness, piss against the sun, and hide himself in the water for fear of rain. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I." by Francois Rabelais

Then forthwith rising up he gave a fart, a leap, and a whistle, and most joyfully cried out aloud, Ever live Pantagruel! "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II." by Francois Rabelais

Then did he leave him in giving him by way of salvo a volley of farts for his farewell. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III." by Francois Rabelais

A fart for the money, said Panurge; have I not had above fifty thousand pounds' worth of sport? "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV." by Francois Rabelais

Look ye, it is a folly to make a rout for a fart and ado; one word is as good as twenty. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book V." by Francois Rabelais

His passion is as easily set on fire as a fart, and as soon out again. "Character Writings of the 17th Century" by Various

Usage in poetry
Then Speech was mannerly, an Art,
Like learning not to belch or fart:
I cannot settle which is worse,
The Anti-Novel or Free Verse.
Tom Killigrew's wife, that Holland fine flower,
At the sight of this signior did fart and belch sour,
And her Dutch breeding the further to show,
Says, 'Welcome to England, Mynheer Van Dildo.'