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farty

/ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/

farty adjective: resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.

Adjective

farty (comparative fartier, superlative fartiest)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
    • He slaps me playfully on the knee just as Heels opens the flat's door letting in a farty smell of boiling vegetables from the rest of the building.2005, Craig Sherborne, Hoi Polloi, page 66
  2. (informal) Causing flatulence.
    • Avoid farty foods if you are working in a confined space.
    Synonyms:
    gassy
  3. (informal) Having flatulence.
  4. (UK, informal) Small and insignificant; petty.
    • If the bloody basic bill wasn't bad enough, he discovered all the ironing services she had charged to the room, and she had just wasted another fifteen quid on coffee and farty little chocolate truffles[…]2008, Milly Johnson, The Birds and the Bees

Synonyms of farty

Forms of farty

comparativefartier
superlativefartiest

Origin of farty

From fart + -y.

Words formed from farty

Words that rhyme with farty

Questions about farty

What does farty mean?
Farty means resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
What part of speech is farty?
Farty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce farty?
Farty is pronounced /ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/.

Words near farty in the dictionary

  1. fartsome
  2. fartsovka
  3. fartsovshchik
  4. fartsovshchiks
  5. fartsy
  6. farty
  7. Faruhulhedhoo
  8. Farukolhu
  9. Farukolhufushi
  10. Farukolhuhuttaa
  11. Farumuli

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