flatulate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from flatulence, ultimately of Latin origin.

Verb

flatulate (third-person singular simple present flatulates, present participle flatulating, simple past and past participle flatulated)

1. To emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound.
   • 1985, James L. Framo, “Rationale and Techniques of Intensive Family Therapy,” in Intensive Family Therapy, Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy and James L. Framo eds. [1],

     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”?

   • 2001, David Kerans, Mind and Labor on the Farm in Black-Earth Russia [2],

     Horses defecate and flatulate on the move.

   • 2003, Vamik D Volkan, The Third Reich in the Unconscious [3],

     While in the bathtub, he thought that he had to flatulate, but defecated instead. His mother had berated him mercilessly.

Synonyms

• (slang) fart
• (slang) trump
• See also Wikisaurus:flatulate

Coordinate terms

• queef