flatulate
/ˈflætjʊleɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "While in the bathtub, he thought that he had to flatulate, but defecated instead. His mother had berated him mercilessly."
- "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."
- "Coordinate term: queef"
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”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: flātulentus
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Synonyms
see Thesaurus:flatulate
badger
blow off
break ass
break wind
bust ass
crepitate
curmur
cut one
cut one loose
cut the cheese
drop a bomb