broken wind
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- broken-winded adjective
Etymology
Origin of broken wind
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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Video footage showing the devastation across Iowa depicted flattened buildings, overturned cars and broken wind turbines.
From BBC • May 22, 2024
A broken wind pump creaks, and a forgotten path runs nowhere into brambles.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012
The result is a condition long familiar in horses, and known as "heaves" or "broken wind."
From Time Magazine Archive
After death, if the organs are examined, the lesions found depend much upon the length of time broken wind has affected the animal.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
My broken wind won't run to it—I'll leave the job to you.
From Songs of Action by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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