flatulate
verb/ˈflætjʊleɪt/ · /ˈflæt͡ʃəleɪt/
Etymology 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”).
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To fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell.
- 1985, James L. Framo, “Rationale and Techniques of Intensive Family Therapy,” in Intensive Family Therapy, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and James L. Framo eds. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=kfmXSIJPvqEC&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&sig=b3bCCRJV6GdT6XexcyD0xVyRv88, 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”?
- Horses defecate and flatulate on the move.2001, David Kerans, Mind and Labor on the Farm in Black-Earth Russia:
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- While in the bathtub, he thought that he had to flatulate, but defecated instead. His mother had berated him mercilessly.2003, Vamik D Volkan, The Third Reich in the Unconscious:
- This, reader, is where the true meaning of #Fartgate came alive. Arguing over who flatulated on MSNBC—or whether anyone did at all—isn’t the point. The point is that Twitter used to be about goofing off and making each other laugh.2019 November 19, Angela Watercutter, “With #Fartgate, Twitter Was a Gas Once Again”, in WIRED:
- Coordinate term: queef
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badger, blow off, break ass, break wind, bust ass, crepitate, curmur, cut one, cut one loose, cut the cheese, drop a bomb, drop one's guts, fart, flatulate, grunt, guff, let fluffy off the chain, let loose, let one go, let one loose, let one rip, let rip, pass gas, pass wind, poop, poot, pump, rip ass, rip one, squeeze one out, step on a duck, step on a frog, toot, trump- Derived terms
- flatulater, flatulation, flatulator