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break wind en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

First attested 1552. From break + wind (“flatulence”). Compare Saterland Frisian wiendje (“to break wind”).

Meanings

1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
   • I broke wind and excused myself afterwards.
   • I asked him to lower my blind, but he took one look and huffed, “Can’t reach that!” I gave him a frosty “That will be all, then,” instead of a tip. He broke wind as he left, poisonously. 2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 167:

Forms

Relateds

break wind upwards · burp · break wind backwards

Synonyms

flatulate (expel gases through the anus) · pass wind (expel gases through the anus) · pass gas (expel gases through the anus) · cut the cheese (expel gases through the anus) · fart (expel gases through the anus) · guff (expel gases through the anus) · toot (expel gases through the anus) · let one rip (expel gases through the anus) · break ass (expel gases through the anus) · let off (expel gases through the anus)

Translations (60)

pl zepsuć powietrze (to flatulate) · mi pīhauhau (to flatulate) · pt soltar gases (to flatulate) · hu szellent (to flatulate) · mi hengo (to flatulate) · grc ἀποπέρδομαι (to flatulate) · ja おならをする (to flatulate) · scn piditari (to flatulate) · mn унгах (to flatulate) · cs pouštět větry (to flatulate) · cmn 放屁 (to flatulate) · pl psuć powietrze (to flatulate) · sa पर्दते (to flatulate) · mi hemo (to flatulate) · ru испуска́ть га́зы (to flatulate) · mi pīhau (to flatulate) · eo furzi (to flatulate) · mi pāterotero (to flatulate) · pl puszczać gazy (to flatulate) · mk пу́ва (to flatulate) · el κλάνω (to flatulate) · io flatuar (to flatulate) · fr lâcher une perle (to flatulate) · scn lassàrisi jiri (to flatulate) · nl een wind laten (to flatulate) · ar ضَرَطَ (to flatulate) · grc πέρδομαι (to flatulate) · mn ᠤᠩᠭᠤᠬᠤ (to flatulate) · tr yellenmek (to flatulate) · mi hemo te tou (to flatulate) · nl een scheet laten (to flatulate) · id buang gas (to flatulate) · it mollarne una (to flatulate) · ru пу́кнуть (to flatulate) · mi patero (to flatulate) · es peerse (to flatulate) · bg пу́скам га́зове (to flatulate) · fr lâcher (to flatulate) · de furzen (to flatulate) · fr en lâcher un (to flatulate) · mi keho (to flatulate) · ru пу́кать (to flatulate) · gml pupen (to flatulate) · ota اوصورمق (to flatulate) · grc βδέω (to flatulate) · ota یللنمك (to flatulate) · la ventum ēmittō (to flatulate) · fi pierrä (to flatulate) · pl puścić gazy (to flatulate) · chy -pánestse (to flatulate) · la pēdō (to flatulate) · ja 屁をひる (to flatulate) · id buang angin (to flatulate) · fr loufer (to flatulate) · fr péter (to flatulate) · es peer (to flatulate) · mi tē (to flatulate) · cy taro rhech (to flatulate) · ko 방귀뀌다 (to flatulate) · ru испусти́ть га́зы (to flatulate)