intransitive. To break wind (see break, v. phrases 6).

intransitive. To break wind.

to let a scape: to break wind. (See also escape, n.1 4b) Obsolete.

‘Air’ or gas in the stomach or intestines (or, according to early notions, in other parts of the body); flatus. †Also plural.

intransitive. To break wind. Obsolete.

intransitive. To break wind, crepitum reddere. Obsolete.

intransitive. nursery and slang. Originally: to break wind (now chiefly U.S.). Now usually: to defecate.

intransitive. Of breath, gas, etc.: to make a loud noise as it escapes. Also with away, out, etc.

intransitive. To break wind. Also: to defecate.