Let off steam or pressure

verb

1. To provide with a vent
2. To serve as a vent for

   "chimneys vent smoke"

3. Discharge, expel
4. To give often vigorous or emotional expression to

   "vented her frustration on her coworkers"

5. To relieve by means of a vent

   "vented himself in a fiery letter to the editor"

6. To relieve oneself by venting something (such as anger)

   "comes home from work and vents to the kids"

noun

1. The external opening of the rectum or cloaca anus
2. An opening at the breech of a muzzle-loading gun through which fire is touched to the powder
3. Chimney, flue
4. An opportunity or means of escape, passage, or release outlet

   "finally gave vent to his pent-up hostility"

noun

1. A slit in a garment

idiom

1. To express angry feelings

   "I listened patiently while she vented her spleen."

noun

1. A fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid-ocean ridge from which mineral-rich superheated water issues

noun

1. A baked patty shell filled with meat, fowl, game, or seafood in sauce

idiom

1. To express (a strong emotion, such as anger) in a forceful and open way

   "He gave vent to his annoyance."

geographical name

1. Island chain in the central Pacific extending 1250 miles (2012 kilometers) west-northwest from the main islands of the Hawaiian group; includes Nihoa, Necker, Laysan, Midway, and Kure islands
2. Islands in the South Pacific, the western group of the Society Islands population 22,232
3. Islands of the West Indies in the northern Lesser Antilles extending from the Virgin Islands on the north to Dominica on the south
4. Former colony of the British West Indies in the Leewards including Antigua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Montserrat

geographical name

1. Islands of the West Indies in the southern Lesser Antilles extending south from Martinique but not including Barbados, Tobago, or Trinidad
2. Former colony in British West Indies comprising the territories of Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Grenada in the Windward Islands and Dominica in the Leeward Islands
3. Islands in the South Pacific population 184,224