farted; farting; farts

intransitive verb

informal + impolite
: to expel intestinal gas from the anus

Examples of fart in a Sentence

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Imrie famously went viral after farting on The Celebrity Traitors. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 May 2026 Or, on the other hand, how many scenes in the canon depict farting (not a lot of them). Literary Hub, 4 May 2026 The foreign sounds made his face crimp, as if somebody right next to him had farted. Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 There’s not all that much to this pre-tape, really, outside the fun turn of Sarah Sherman’s character getting stuck halfway between human and frog morph from sneezing and farting at the same time. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026 Slim Shady, her roughly 70-pound, 22-year-old sulcata tortoise, farts loudly, sometimes knocks her down and has forced her to find him after absconding in her North Highlands neighborhood when her front gate was left open. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026 There are many different avenues the movie franchise could go — even if critics would rather fart a Yoshi egg than watch another one of these. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026 Smart Underwear is able to track whenever a person farts. Dennis Valera, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026 The research, led by Brantley Hall, an assistant professor in the University’s Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, seeks to improve our understanding of what constitutes excessive flatulence and what causes some people to fart more than others. Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ferten, farten; akin to Old High German ferzan to break wind, Old Norse freta, Greek perdesthai, Sanskrit pardate he breaks wind

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fart was in the 13th century

Cite this Entry

“Fart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fart. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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