Fart vs Skyscraper - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between fart and skyscraper

is that fart is (informal) an emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus while skyscraper is a very tall building with a great number of floors.

As a verb fart

is (informal|mildly|vulgar) to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

fart

English

(wikipedia fart)

Verb

(en verb)

(informal, mildly, vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

* 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":

I fart with twenty ladies by;

They call me beast; and what care I?

To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.

Synonyms

* beef * blow off * break wind * cut one loose * cut the cheese * flatulate * guff * have gas * let one rip * pass gas * pass wind * poot * step on a duck * step on a frog * toot * blown bowel bugle * trouser cough (waste time with aimless activities) futz, fool around, fool about * See also

Noun

(en noun)

(informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.

* , II.12:

Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart , for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad.

(colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.

(colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart ") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.

Synonyms

(an emission of flatulent gases) * barking spider * bottom burp * flatus * fluffer-doodle * air biscuit * poot * raspberry tart (Cockney rhyming slang) * toot * beef * See also

Derived terms

{{der3, armpit fart , brain fart , duck fart , fanny fart , farter , farting , fart sack , nun fart , old fart , sparrow-fart}}

Anagrams

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skyscraper

English

(wikipedia skyscraper)

Noun

(en noun)

A very tall building with a great number of floors.

* 1910 , (William Henry Irwin), The House of Mystery ,

As the curve of Sandy Hook blotted from sight the last, low glimpse of the skyscrapers which point Manhattan, Blake touched Annette's arm.

* 1912 , (w, Elliott O'Donnell), The Sorcery Club ,

The solitary attic—if one could thus designate a space of about three square feet—which comprised Hamar's lodging—had the advantage of being situated in the top storey of a skyscraper'—at least a ' skyscraper for that part of the city.

* 1917 , Herman Gastrell Seely, A Son of the City: A Story of Boy Life ,

Then he noticed, as a prosaic business man will notice suddenly, that a skyscraper which he has passed daily for months is out of line with its neighbor, that the seat behind the new little girl was unoccupied and that she stood alone in the aisle during exercises.

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(archaic) A small sail atop a mast of a ship.

(figuratively) Anything very tall or high.

* 1920 , (Zane Grey), The Redheaded Outfield and other Baseball Stories ,

It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left.