borborygmus
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/
borborygmus (plural borborygmi)
- A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- Synonyms: borborygm
- (figurative) Something resembling borborygmus.
- 1991, Rebecca Goldstein, The Dark Sister, Penguin Books, 1993, p.36:
- Finally, the emotional borborygmus subsiding, she produced, at last, the words: "It is said 'Bonnet.' As the hat which is tied beneath the chin."
- 1991, Rebecca Goldstein, The Dark Sister, Penguin Books, 1993, p.36:
- French: borborygme
- Italian: borborigmo
- Russian: урча́ние в животе́
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