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break wind

break wind verb: to expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.

Verb

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

  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

break wind meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic and Indonesian

break wind in Tamil

to break wind; to fart
பொசுக்கு pocukku

break wind in Sanskrit

to flatulate
पर्दते pardate

break wind in Arabic

to flatulate
ضَرَطَ ḍaraṭa

break wind in Indonesian

to flatulate
buang angin, buang gas

Synonyms of break wind

All synonyms of break wind

Forms of break wind

third-person singular presentbreaks wind
present participlebreaking wind
pastbroke wind
past participlebroken wind

Origin of break wind

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

Questions about break wind

What does break wind mean?
Break wind means to expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
What is break wind in Tamil?
Break wind in Tamil is பொசுக்கு (pocukku). See Break wind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is break wind?
Break wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of break wind?
The past tense of break wind is broke wind.

Words near break wind in the dictionary

  1. break up
  2. break upon the wheel
  3. break ups
  4. break water
  5. break wedlock
  6. break wind
  7. break with
  8. break with tradition
  9. break-ax
  10. break-axe
  11. break-axes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: break wind (page history and authors); பொசுக்கு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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