wind

wind
   1. a belch or fart
   In genteel use, only of belching, about which there are fewer taboos than farting:
    Baked beans, which always give me terrible wind... (Matthew, 1978)
   See also windy1.
   2. (the) American
   dismissal from employment, courtship, or occupancy
   Something which you may be given:
    My rent is over due for the shovel and broom... She says she will give me the wind if I do not lay something on the line at once. (Runyon, 1990, written in the 1930s — the shovel and broom was the room) Or taken, which implies voluntary departure: She takes the wind on me a couple of months ago for my friend Frankie Ferocious, (ibid.)

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  • Wind — (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to breathe hard …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Wind It Up — Single par Gwen Stefani extrait de l’album The Sweet Escape Sortie 31 octobre 2006 (Amérique du Nord) décembre 2006(monde) Enregistrement 2005 Durée 3:09 …   Wikipédia en Français

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