Bloat vs. Tympany

Bloatverb

to cause to become distended.

Bloatverb

(intransitive) (veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

Bloatverb

to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

Bloatverb

(intransitive) to become distended; to swell up.

Bloatverb

to fill with vanity or conceit.

Bloatverb

to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

Bloatnoun

Distention of the abdomen from death.

Bloatnoun

(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

Bloatnoun

(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.

Bloatnoun

A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Bloatadjective

(obsolete) bloated.

Bloatverb

To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.

Bloatverb

To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.

Bloatverb

To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

Bloatverb

To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Bloatadjective

Bloated.

Bloatnoun

A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.

Bloatnoun

swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas

Bloatverb

become bloated or swollen or puff up;

Bloatverb

make bloated or swollen;

Tympanynoun

The sound made by beating a drum.

Tympanynoun

(medicine) Tympanites (distention of the abdomen).

Tympanynoun

Inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.

Tympanynoun

A flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.

Tympanynoun

Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.