Definition of FLATUS

flatus

Plural: flatus, flatuses

Noun

  • Intestinal gas expelled from the body.
  • a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
  • Gas generated in the digestive tract.
  • Expulsion of such gas through the anus.
  • Morbid inflation or swelling.

Examples

  • The sudden FLATUS from his opponent broke his concentration during a crucial Scrabble move.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flātus (“blowing, wind, fart”). First attested in the 1660s–1670s.

Synonyms

breaking wind, fart, farting, wind, SBD, air biscuit, barking spider, beef, biological warfare, bottom burp, botty burp, butt burp, curmurring, emission, feist, fise, fist, flatulence, flatus, guff, poot, raspberry tart, toot, trouser cough, whooper, windy

Scrabble Score: 9

flatus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flatus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flatus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

flatus: valid Words With Friends Word