a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
"After eating such a heavy meal, he winced as his stomach performed an involuntary reflex to release trapped gas."
An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.
"The loud noise coming from behind him wasn't a joke, it was just someone having an embarrassing fart in the middle of the meeting."
expel intestinal gases through the anus
"He winced slightly when he had to hold in his reaction after someone farted loudly at dinner."
To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
"The loud noise he made while sitting at the dinner table was clearly a fart that echoed across the room."
The word "fart" comes from the Old English verb feortan, which originally meant to expel wind. This term traces its roots back to the Proto-Indo-European root perd-.