flatulate
/ˈflætjʊleɪt/
flatulate verb: to fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell.
Verb
flatulate (third-person singular simple present flatulates, present participle flatulating, simple past and past participle flatulated)
- To fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell.
- Where else but in his own castle, with his own family, can a person pick his nose, flatulate, lose his temper with impunity, whine, let the child in him emerge—in short, regress and “be himself”?1985, James L. Framo, “Rationale and Techniques of Intensive Family Therapy,” in Intensive Family Therapy, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and James L. Framo eds....
- Horses defecate and flatulate on the move.2001, David Kerans, Mind and Labor on the Farm in Black-Earth Russia
- Synonyms:
- badger, blow off, break ass, break wind, bust ass, crepitate, curmur, cut one, cut one loose, cut the cheese
Examples of flatulate in a sentence
- While in the bathtub, he thought that he had to flatulate, but defecated instead.2003, Vamik D Volkan, The Third Reich in the Unconscious:
- Arguing over who flatulated on MSNBC—or whether anyone did at all—isn’t the point.2019 November 19, Angela Watercutter, “With #Fartgate, Twitter Was a Gas Once Again”, in WIRED:
Synonyms of flatulate
- badger
- blow off
- break ass
- break wind
- bust ass
- curmur
- cut one
- cut one loose
- cut the cheese
- drop a bomb
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Forms of flatulate
| third-person singular present | flatulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | flatulating |
| past participle | flatulated |
| past | flatulated |
Origin of flatulate
Attested since the 19th century; either a back-formation from flatulence or borrowed from French flatuler, either way, see-ate (verb-forming suffix); ultimately from New Latin flātulentus, from flō (“to blow, breeze”).
Words formed from flatulate
Questions about flatulate
- What does flatulate mean?
- Flatulate means to fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell.
- How do you use flatulate in a sentence?
- While in the bathtub, he thought that he had to flatulate, but defecated instead.
- What part of speech is flatulate?
- Flatulate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce flatulate?
- Flatulate is pronounced /ˈflætjʊleɪt/.
- What is the past tense of flatulate?
- The past tense of flatulate is flatulated.
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