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    [Verb]  | "ven*ti*late" | \ ˈven-tə-ˌlāt \


    1: to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing; also : oxygenate, aerate

    2: to subject the lungs to ventilation

    3: to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly : expose

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, "discussed, aired," borrowed from Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilāre "to expose to the air, fan, expose to consideration," from ventus "wind" + -ilāre, verbal suffix, variant of -ulāre originally in derivatives of nouns ending in -ulus, -ula, -ulum {see: |-ule|-ule} {mat|wind:1|};

    [Verb]  | "ventilate" 


    1: to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion);


      * e.g., " ... a person who tends to ventilate opinions without first thinking them through "




     [ "ventilate" ]

    1: Transitive verb: To shoot someone, with the implication that the holes made in the body would allow wind to pass through. May also be applicable to stabbing. Attributed to Kirk Douglas's character Cactus Jack in the 1979 film, "The Villain."

      * e.g.,  ... Cactus Jack: Take another step and I'll ventilate you! 

     [ "ventilate" ]

    2: It is likely that no one has ever used this term seriously. It is usually heard as a humorous mock-threat between friends.

     [ "ventilate" ]

    1: to shoot someone (from the notion of letting air into someone)

      * e.g.,  ... For a second I thought he was going to ventilate. 

     [ "ventillated" ]

    1: Bullet riddled body, body with holes in it.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yo jackass you wanna get ventillated" 

     [ "Ventilated" ]

    1: (of a butt) being flat or poorly shaped.

      * e.g.,  ... “She got a nice ass?” 

     [ "Ventilation" ]

    1: Relief from an over-heated nightclub dance floor.

      * e.g.,  ... Girl, I'm dyin' in here. I've gotta step outside and get some ventilation. 

     [ "ventilator" ]

    1: Shotgunning smoke into someone's nostrils. Blowing smoke into someone's nose.

      * e.g.,  ... I gave her the ventilator and smoke came out her mouth. 

     [ "chicken ventilator" ]

    1: A staple in many chemistry labs, the chicken ventilator can also be called a hood. You do chemistry in there, and on rare occasions, you may also see a mustached man smoking a cigarette or ventilating chickens.

      * e.g.,  ... I was goin dahn the chem lab to ventilate some chickens when I found grundle tickler Frank smoking a cigarette in the chicken ventilator. 

     [ "cross-ventilation" ]

    1: Really technical shit describing a draft or ventilation on or in the 4th dimension. Science people classify it along with infinity.

      * e.g.,  ... After baking brownies the room sure needed cross-ventilation while my pants needed washing. 

     [ "boost ventilator" ]

    1: an arrangement of ducts, tubes, fans, heaters and controls used to introduce fresh air into or expel foul or stagnant air out of an automobile

      * e.g.,  ... The new Toyota Echo 4-Door Sedan features a heater & boost ventilator. 

     [ "cross-ventilation" ]

    1: cross ventilation

      * e.g.,  ... In the building 

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