fart

«fart» in Mova's school dictionary: To let gas out from the bottom; to pass wind — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fart, farts — rude); verb (fart, farts, farted, farting — rude)

meaning for a pupil

1) (rude, informal) To let gas out from the bottom; to pass wind. tree →

2) (rude, informal) The gas, often with a noise or a smell, that comes out. tree →

3) (rude, informal) «Old fart»: a rude name for a boring or old-fashioned person. tree →

4) (rude, informal) «Fart about / fart around» (UK): to waste time doing silly things. tree →

sense in the lessons

A rude but very common word in children's jokes, books and cartoons. Polite school words are «pass wind», «break wind» or «trump» (UK childish), «toot» (US childish). In science, gas from digestion. Phrases: «who farted?», «fart around», «an old fart».

examples

• (rude) «Ew, who farted?» tree →
• (rude) The baby farted and everyone laughed. tree →
• (polite) Excuse me, I passed wind. tree →
• (rude) Stop farting about and get dressed! tree →
• (rude) «Grandad's such an old fart,» my brother joked. tree →
• Cows release gas when they burp and fart. tree →

note

Rude or vulgar but mild: fine in jokes with friends, not for class, exams or polite company. Polite: «pass wind», «break wind», «flatulence» (medical). Regular verb: farted.

In the corpora

• People fart roughly 10 to 20 times a day, which is normal.
• "Pass gas" is a polite American way to say fart.
• "Toot" is a childish, joking word for a fart.
• "Let one rip" is slang for fart loudly.
• "A brain fart" (slang) means a silly mistake or a moment of forgetting.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fart» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.