bloating

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bloating

/ˈbləʊtɪŋ/ UK
/ˈbloʊtɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊtɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bloat

noun bloatings

A bloated condition; distention. The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.
Similar: bloatedness, swelling, turgidity, bloating, distension, ectasia, ectasis, intumescence, inturgescence, nodosity, swollenness, tumescence

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noun bloated condition; distention

Deutsch	Aufgedunsenheit, Blähung
العربية	نَفْخ nafḵ, اِنْتِفَاخ intifāḵ

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@misc{bloating_2026,
  title = {bloating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bloating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}