Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To produce with flatus, or with simple unintonated breath.

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  • verb intransitive, obsolete To feel nausea.

Etymologies

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From *vlate, a dialectal variant of wlate ("to feel disgust or nausea"). Compare Scots vlatsum ("wlatsome").

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  • Short for an "inflatable date". (Urban Dictionary)

    December 9, 2008