break wind

English

Etymology

First attested 1552.

Verb

break wind (third-person singular simple present breaks wind, present participle breaking wind, simple past broke wind, past participle broken wind)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart or flatulate.

Synonyms

• (expel gases through the anus): break ass, pass gas, cut the cheese, fart, flatulate, toot, guff
• See also Wikisaurus:flatulate

Related terms

• break wind backwards
• break wind upwards

Translations

fart

• Bulgarian: пускам газове (bg) (púskam gázove)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放屁 (cmn) (fàngpì)

• Dutch: een (nl) wind (nl) laten (nl), een scheet (nl) laten
• French: lâcher (fr), en lâcher un ("to let one loose")
• German: furzen (de)
• Greek: κλάνω (el) (kláno)

  Ancient: ἀποπέρδομαι

• Japanese: おならをする (ja) (onara o suru)
• Macedonian: пува (mk) (púva)
• Russian: пукать (ru) (púkatʹ) impf., пукнуть (ru) (púknutʹ) pf., испускать газы (ru) (ispuskátʹ gázy) impf., испустить газы (ru) (ispustítʹ gázy) pf.
• Turkish: yellenmek (tr)

See also

• burp

Anagrams

• wind-break, windbreak