noun
farting; breaking wind
Colloquial and somewhat crude noun for the act of farting. Often used in a joking or vulgar context.
屁放きは人前では失礼だ。
Farting in front of people is rude.
彼は屁放きの音で笑わせた。
He made everyone laugh with the sound of his fart.
Compound of 屁 (へ, 'fart') and 放き (こき, nominalized form of 放く 'to emit'). The reading こき is a euphonic change from ひき.