borborygm

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borborygm

/ˌbɔːbəˈɹɪɡm̩/ UK
/ˈbɔːbəɹɪm/ UK
/ˌbɔɹbəˈɹiɡm̩/ US
/ˈbɔɹbəɹim/ US

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Borrowed from French borborygme, ultimately from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós, “(onomatopoeic) borborygmus”), from βορβορύζω (borborúzō, “to experience borborygmus”).

noun borborygms · borborygmi

rare A gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels. Borborygm, a rumbling Noiſe in the Guts.
Similar: borborygmus
figuratively A gurgling or rumbling. [Susan] Sontag then pauses for the space of a paragraph to deliver a swift verbal kick at American fiction for its technical unadventurousness, its lack of an avant-garde, and its tendency to interpretive borborygm.

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@misc{borborygm_2026,
  title = {borborygm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/borborygm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}