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Idiom break wind to allow gas to escape from your bottom, especially loudly.At a wedding that I attended last summer, one of the guests broke wind very loudly during the groom's speech.
idiombreak winda polite expression for when someone lets gas escape from their body, making an unpleasant smell and usually a noise:He broke wind loudly, causing his wife to purse her lips.A man standing in front of us broke wind right in the middle of the speech and got very embarrassed.
break windTo pass gas; to be flatulent. Open a window—somebody broke wind in here! broken windA medical condition in horses that causes difficulty breathing. I called the doctor when my horse started showing signs of broken wind. break windEuph. to expel gas from the anus. Someone in the bus broke wind. It smelled terrible. He broke wind with an embarrassing noise. break windExpel intestinal gas, as in Beans always make him break wind. [Early 1500s] break ˈwind let gas out from the intestine (= the tube along which food passes after it has been through the stomach) through the anus break wind To expel intestinal gas. |