What does breaking wind mean?

breaking wind means "a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus".

What is another word for breaking wind?

Close synonyms include fart, farting, flatus, wind. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is breaking wind a common word?

breaking wind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

breaking wind — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Synonymsfart farting flatus wind
Broaderreflex

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What does breaking wind mean?: breaking wind means "a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus".
What is another word for breaking wind?: Close synonyms include fart, farting, flatus, wind. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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