break wind
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break wind
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First attested 1552. From break + wind (“flatulence”). Compare Saterland Frisian wiendje (“to break wind”).
verb breaks wind · breaking wind · broke wind · broken wind
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To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
I broke wind and excused myself afterwards.
Similar: let off, let one rip, break ass, pass gas, pass wind, cut the cheese, fart, flatulate, toot, guff
Translations
Every language
verb to flatulate
| Español | peer, peerse |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 방귀뀌다 banggwikkwida |
| 日本語 | おならをする onara o suru, 屁をひる he o hiru |
| 中文 | 放屁 fàngpì |
| Português | soltar gases |
| Français | lâcher, en lâcher un, péter, lâcher une perle, loufer |
| Deutsch | furzen |
| Italiano | mollarne una |
| Ελληνικά | κλάνω kláno |
| Русский | пу́кать púkatʹ, пу́кнуть púknutʹ, испуска́ть га́зы ispuskátʹ gázy, испусти́ть га́зы ispustítʹ gázy |
| العربية | ضَرَطَ ḍaraṭa |
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title = {break wind},
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