# snart
## English
### Etymology

Blend of sneeze +‎ fart.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /snɑːt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /snɑɹt/
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t

### Noun

snart (plural snarts)
* (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, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:While an occasional fart makes us laugh, snarts never do.
** 2011 January 27, Robert Carlock, “Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning”, in Beth McCarthy-Miller, director, 30 Rock‎, 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)‎, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN, →OCLC: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)
* (slang) To fart while sneezing.
** 2017, Nadine Mutas, To Stir a Fae's Passion: A Novel of Love and Magic (Love and Magic)‎, 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, “Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning”, in Beth McCarthy-Miller, director, 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)‎, 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

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

## Danish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsnɑˀt]

### Adverb

snart
* 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.
* shortly
* presently

## Middle English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse snart, neuter of snarr (“quick, swift, sharp”).

### Adjective

snart
* severe, harsh

### Adverb

snart
* severely, harshly
    Synonym: snartly

#### Derived terms

* snartly

### References

* ↑ “snart, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ “snart, adj. & adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Adjective

snart
* neuter singular of snar

### Adverb

snart (comparative snarere, superlative snarest)
* soon, quickly, shortly

### References

* “snart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /snɑːrt/

### Adverb

snart
* soon, shortly
    Dei kjem snart.They will arrive soon.

### Adjective

snart
* neuter singular of snar

### References

* “snart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /snɑːʈ/
    Audio:(file)

### Adjective

snart
* indefinite neuter singular of snar

### Adverb

snart (not comparable)
* soon; within a short time

#### Derived terms

* snart sagt

### Anagrams

* trans