fartknocker

Noun

fartknocker (plural fartknockers)

1. (derogatory, slang) A contemptible or annoying person.
   • He ran off, laughing and screaming. Dud jumped up and gave chase. "You little fart knocker," he said, clomping away, long-legged, into the dark. "Bring back here my Hubert Terrapins."1971, Nolan Porterfield, A Way of Knowing: A Novel, Harper's Magazine Press, page 112
   • Well, alright, dammit, I don’t like hearing the little fartknocker cry neither.August 1974, Larry L. King, “Redneck!”, Texas Monthly, vol. 2, no. 8, p. 63
2. (derogatory, slang) A homosexual man.
   • "That little fartknocker didn't leave us any money, and he said it was going to be on him."
     "That's all right, I've got money," Elaine said. "He's so funny; I love him. He's always chasing some man."1995, Krandall Krauss, The President's Son, Alyson Publications, →ISBN, page 92
   • You want more Beavis, closet fartknocker?1998 July 26, ojokay [username], “Re: Welcome back psycho!”, in alt.fan.oj-simpson (Usenet)
3. (informal) An instance of being thrown from, or hitting the ground after being thrown from, a horse.
   • […] and, as one cowboy said, "I didn't get settled in the saddle before that hoss shore sent me on a fart knocker."1971, Ramon F. Adams, The Cowman Says It Salty, University of Arizona Press, published 1971, page 70
   • Slocum flew from the saddle and came down on the road a solid fart knocker.1975, Jake Logan, Ride, Slocum, Ride, Playboy Press, →ISBN, page 50