borborigmus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/

Noun

borborigmus (countable and uncountable, plural borborigmi)

  1. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
    • 1973: chilli 'n' trepidation were playing the devil with my small intestines and my borborigmus was often louder than the engine of the Rolls — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 94)

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