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breaking wind

breaking wind is the present participle and gerund of break wind.

Meaning of break wind

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.

Questions about breaking wind

What is breaking wind the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking wind is the present participle and gerund of break wind.

Words near breaking wind in the dictionary

  1. breaking upon the wheel
  2. breaking water
  3. breaking wedlock
  4. breaking wheel
  5. breaking wheels
  6. breaking wind
  7. breaking with
  8. breaking with tradition
  9. breakingly
  10. breakings
  11. breakle

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