fart

English

/fɑːt/, /fɑɹt/

verb
Definitions
  • (informal) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
  • (colloquial) To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.
  • (figuratively) To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ferten inherited from Old English feortan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fertaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *perd- (fart) inherited from Middle English fert.

Origin

Middle English

fert

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