In what English-speaking communities does "trump" refer to the breaking of wind?

It is clear from this site that the verb to trump has been used extensively across Britain to refer to the breaking of wind. It is especially the case in the North, in Wales and certainly in Norfolk, when I was a child in the 1950s.

This use is confirmed by the OED. However though it is therein described as vulgar my own experience is that it was a term encouraged by parents as a means of avoiding the far less socially salubrious fart.

However its use appears to be unknown in the United States, which seems a pity! Is this definitely the case?

b. To give forth a trumpet-like sound; spec. to break wind audibly (slang or vulgar).


Solution 1:

It appears to be mainly a BrE slang expression:

To trump:

  • Over the centuries, fart has not been without linguistic rivals. Since the early fifteenth century, for example, trump has served as a synonym for fart, or rather to denote an especially noisy fart.

(A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities) by Mark Morton

Trump:

  • Verb. To break wind from the anus, to 'fart'. E.g."There's a disgusting smell in here. Has someone trumped?"
  • Noun. 1. An act of breaking wind. 2)The resulting smell of having broke wind from the anus, a 'fart'.

(www.peevish.co.uk/slang)

Solution 2:

Me and my 3 siblings all used "trump" as children instead of "fart". "Fart" was definitely considered to be the ruder of the two words, and my parents preferred that we said "trump". We don't use the word often now, as we're all adults and tend to say "fart" instead. We come from Warrington in North West England and mostly grew up in the '90s.