Phrase guide

whoopee cushion

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

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Across languages

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 放屁坐墊 /放屁坐垫 (fàngpì zuòdiàn) — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放屁墊 /放屁垫 (fàngpìdiàn) — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Esperanto: furzokuseno — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Estonian: peerukott — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Finnish: pierutyyny — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • French: coussin péteur — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • German: Furzkissen — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • German: Pupskissen — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Japanese: ブーブークッション (būbū kusshon) — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Korean: 뿡뿡 쿠션 (ppungppung kusyeon) — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Korean: 방귀 쿠션 (banggwi kusyeon) — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prompepute — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: prompepute — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Russian: поду́шка-перду́шка (podúška-perdúška) — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Spanish: cojín pedorro — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Spanish: cojín pedorrero — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Spanish: cojín pedorriento — inflatable bag used as practical joke
  • Swedish: pruttkudde — inflatable bag used as practical joke