Shart

v.

Heard in Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Tipperary

To break wind only to realise too late that one has also soiled oneself.

Aww yer man sharted himself the other night lads in envy

Posh English

Hugh broke wind only to discover it was rather more than wind the other night, much to the lads amusement.

Same phrase, other counties

• Galway
• Limerick
• Tipperary

Related terms

• Break a crowbar in a bogA term to describe an unfortunate lad who is liable to break a lot of tools...
• Only coddinOnly joking or messing about.
• Crack one offTo pass gas or break wind.
• Cut your fingerTo flatulate or break wind.
• Leave offTo break wind.
• Left offTo break wind. Past tense of to fart.