break wind

First attested 1552. From break + wind (“flatulence”).

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break wind (third-person singular simple present breaks wind, present participle breaking wind, simple past broke wind, past participle broken wind)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.

   I broke wind and excused myself afterwards.

• (expel gases through the anus): let off, let one rip, break ass, pass gas, pass wind, cut the cheese, fart, flatulate, toot, guff
• See also Thesaurus:flatulate

• break wind backwards
• break wind upwards

• burp

• wind break, wind-break, windbreak