break wind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.

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break wind breaks wind breaking wind broke wind broken wind

First attested 1552. From break + wind (“flatulence”). Compare Saterland Frisian wiendje (“to break wind”).

let off let one rip break ass pass gas pass wind cut the cheese fart flatulate toot guff

break wind backwards break wind upwards burp

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