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BREAKING WIND

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Dictionary entry overview: What does breaking wind mean?

• BREAKING WIND (noun)
The noun BREAKING WIND has 1 sense:

1. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

Familiarity information: BREAKING WIND used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BREAKING WIND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breaking wind; fart; farting; flatus; wind

Hypernyms ("breaking wind" is a kind of...):

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

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