farty
/ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/adjective
farty is an adjective meaning “Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does farty mean?
adjective
- 1
informalResembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
- 2
informalCausing flatulence.
Avoid farty foods if you are working in a confined space.
- 3
informalHaving flatulence.
- 4
UKinformalSmall and insignificant; petty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farty?
- /ˈfɑː(ɹ)ti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-farty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of farty
- fartier comparative
- fartiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farty?
Farty appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does farty come from?
From fart + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).