farty

adj — 4 senses

farty

adj

/ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/

Etymology From fart + -y.

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.
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:
Derived terms
arty-farty, fartily, fartiness

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