trouser cough

9.9

A sound made when someone passes gas while sitting

noun
/ˈtraʊzər kɔf/

Slang

: flatulencia

He let out a trouser cough during the meeting.

Examples

Her loud trouser cough caused everyone at the dinner table to giggle.
Nobody admitted to the trouser cough that echoed in the quiet office.
He tried to stifle a trouser cough during the silent exam room.
Did you hear that trouser cough from John?
Her loud trouser cough caused everyone at the dinner table to giggle.
Nobody admitted to the trouser cough that echoed in the quiet office.
He tried to stifle a trouser cough during the silent exam room.

Synonyms

fart

vstrouser cough

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138 5.7

A sound and smell when gas leaves the body through the bottom

is a milder euphemistic sound term focusing on noise not smell

poot

vstrouser cough

Baby Talk

1 9.9

A small soft sound made when gas is released from the bottom

is used as a gentle informal term for such sounds

toot

vstrouser cough

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1 5.7

A short soft sound that gas makes when it leaves the bottom of the body

is similar but often implies a briefer, lighter noise when seated

pooty

vstrouser cough

Baby Talk

1 9.9

A small quiet fart people talk about in a playful way

is an informal euphemism for a soft seating sound

How Loud

to fart

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96 5.3

trouser cough

Slang

9.9

toot

NSFW

1 5.7

poot

Baby Talk

1 9.9

Surface Forms

trouser cough singular

trouser coughs plural

Morphology

trouser + cough

The compound 'trouser' (clothing) + 'cough' (a sudden sound) makes it possible to infer a sound originating from the trousers, so learners may plausibly guess it’s a euphemistic sound-related term. However, 'cough' normally denotes a respiratory noise, so mapping it onto flatulence is a cultural/metaphorical leap; the exact idiomatic sense is not fully predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Trouser cough comes from the image of a small cough sound coming from your trouser when you pass gas while sitting. So it is a funny, polite way to say 'to fart'.