bloating

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbləʊtɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbloʊtɪŋ/

Verb

bloating

1. present participle and gerund of bloat

Noun

bloating (plural bloatings)

1. A bloated condition; distention.
   • 1914, Canada Lancet, volume 47, page 371:

     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.

Derived terms

• antibloating

 

Translations

bloated condition; distention — see also distension

• German: Aufgedunsenheit f

Anagrams

• bog Latin, oblating, obligant