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flatulate

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈflætjʊleɪt/
  • /ˈflæt͡ʃəleɪt/
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verb

Meaning 1

To fart, to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound and smell.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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”?
  • Coordinate term: queef

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: see Thesaurus:flatulate

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: апызра (apʼəzra) — to flatulate
  • French: flatuler — to flatulate
  • German: flatulieren — to flatulate
  • Russian: испускать газы (ispuskatʹ gazy) — to flatulate
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوصورمق (osurmak) — to flatulate
  • Ottoman Turkish: یللنمك (yellenmek) — to flatulate