break wind
See also: break-wind and breakwind
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Etymology edit
First attested 1552. From break + wind (“flatulence”).
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break wind (third-person singular simple present breaks wind, present participle breaking wind, simple past broke wind, past participle broken wind)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart or flatulate.
- One of the kids on the school bus broke wind.
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- (expel gases through the anus): break ass, pass gas, pass wind, cut the cheese, fart, flatulate, toot, guff
- See also Thesaurus:flatulate
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to flatulate
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