fart

Other forms of fart

plural

farts·

past tense

farted·

present participle

farting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fart

What does fart mean?

fart means "a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fart?

fart has 1 syllable: fart. In IPA it is /ˈfɑɹt/.

What is another word for fart?

Close synonyms include farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind, break wind. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fart a common word?

fart is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.