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noun swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
verb become bloated or swollen or puff up
verb make bloated or swollen
originPerhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0