snart

English

Etymology

Blend of sneeze +‎ fart.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /snɑːt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /snɑɹt/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

Noun

snart (plural snarts)

1. (slang) The phenomenon where one sneezes and breaks wind at the same time.
   • 2009 April 18, Bobby Mercer, How Do You Light a Fart?: And 150 Other Essential Things Every Guy Should Know about Science‎^[1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     While an occasional fart makes us laugh, snarts never do.

   • 2011 January 27, Robert Carlock; Beth McCarthy-Miller, director, “Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning”, in 30 Rock‎^[2], season 5, episode 12, spoken by Liz Lemon (Tina Fey):

     I was holding in a snart, and then right when she took the photo... don't you want to know what a snart is?

   • 2020 November 1, Benjamin G Hewett, Paddy Muldoon, The Amazing Lockdown Adventure (The Crystal Chronicles)‎^[3], Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN, OCLC 1206238328:

     The elf knocks three times, coughs and knocks once more, followed by a snart – a tricky and highly dangerous procedure where you sneeze and fart at the same time!

Verb

snart (third-person singular simple present snarts, present participle snarting, simple past and past participle snarted)

1. (slang) To fart while sneezing.
   • 2017, Nadine Mutas, To Stir a Fae's Passion: A Novel of Love and Magic (Love and Magic)‎^[4], Nadine Mutas:

     Basil choked out a laugh of his own. “It snarted?”
     “Snart?” She wiped at her eyes.
     He grinned. “Sneeze-fart. It's a thing.”

   • 2011 January 27, Robert Carlock; Beth McCarthy-Miller, director, “Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning”, in 30 Rock, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Liz Lemon (Tina Fey):

     Okay, first of all, I look weird there because I'm snarting.

   • 2020, Brea Brown, Let's Be Frank (The Nurse Nate series; 1)‎^[5], Wayzgoose Press, →ISBN:

     “The one who farted when she sneezed.”
     “I didn't break up with her because she snarted. She picked at her feet, which is gross and unhygienic.”

See also

• shart

Anagrams

• Ranst, ranst, rants, starn, tRNAs, tarns, trans, trans*, trans-, trans., trnas

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Danish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɑːrt/, /snɑːʈ/

Adverb

snart

1. soon

   For den tid kommer snart... da alle andres skæbne ligger i hobbitternes hænder.

   For the time will soon come... when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all.

2. shortly
3. presently

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

snart

1. neuter singular of snar

Adverb

snart (comparative snarere, superlative snarest)

1. soon, quickly, shortly

References

• “snart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɑːrt/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

snart

1. soon, shortly

   Dei kjem snart.

   They will arrive soon.

Adjective

snart

1. neuter singular of snar

References

• “snart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɑːʈ/

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Adjective

snart

1. absolute indefinite neuter singular of snar.

Adverb

snart (not comparable)

1. soon; within a short time

Derived terms

• snart sagt

Anagrams

• trans