vent
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- A small aperture.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- A baiting place; an inn.
- Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
Verb
- To allow gases to escape.
- To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- To allow to escape through a vent.
- To express a strong emotion.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- To use a vent in the video game Among Us.
- To sell; to vend.
- To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
Proper noun
- A surname from Dutch.
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