Log in or Sign up
  1. borborygmus love

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The rumbling noise caused by wind within the intestines.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.

Etymologies

  1. From Greek βορβορυγμος (onomatopoeia). (Wiktionary)
  2. New Latin, from Greek borborugmos, of imitative origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “He said he'd always liked the word borborygmus and looked at me expectantly.”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2

  • “I want to apologize for my "borborygmus" and be called out for my "fribbling.”

    NPR Topics: News

  • “Nostalgia, which we are apt to sneer at as a doctor's name for homesickness, and to class with cachexy and borborygmus, was a power for evil in those days, and some of our finest troops were thinned out by it, notoriously the”

    The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915

  • “On the way up, we began to develop that borborygmus-inducing Hearty Appetite that comes from sitting in a car for two hours, and so we began casting about for a place to enjoy a spot of luncheon.”

    Blog d'Elisson

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

reverse dictionary (5)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. rumbling
  1. borborygm
  1. crowling
  1. curmurring
  1. bombus

tags (7)

Free-form, user-generated categorization

  1. onomatopoeia
  1. sound
  1. FARTS
  1. physiology
  1. bodily
  1. who knew
  1. excuse me

Log in or sign up to add your own tag.

Wordmap

(beta)

Word visualization

Lists

These user-created lists contain the word ‘borborygmus’.

More lists containing ‘borborygmus’

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • gangerh The Borborygmus Song? Jan 23, 2010

  • jmjarmstrong JM always smiles when borborygmus strikes someone in an elevator and they attribute it to brontide Dec 14, 2009

  • recombinantdna "Although this muscle contraction happens whether or not food is present, it is more common after the animal has gone several hours without eating. This may be why a "growling" stomach is often associated with hunger." -wiki Jun 17, 2009

  • myth Is there a term for hunger sounds? Mar 27, 2009

  • reesetee Odd. I could swear I'd already added it....But it's there now. :-) Apr 3, 2008

  • chained_bear ... and this, too, belongs on reesetee's "It Has a Name?" list. Apr 3, 2008

  • joannasephine A rumbling noise produced by the movement of gas through the intestines. Plural "borborygmi" Apr 3, 2008

Tweets

Looking for tweets for borborygmus.

‘borborygmus’ has been looked up 3659 times, loved by 17 people, added to 107 lists, commented on 7 times, and has a Scrabble score of 21.