Bloat

Bloat may refer to:

Biology and medicine

 * Bloat (canine) (gastric dilatation volvulus), an overstretched and rotated stomach in dogs
 * Bloat (ruminant) (ruminal tympany), an excessive volume of gas in ruminants
 * Bloating, an abnormal swelling or enlargement of the abdomen
 * Gas bloat syndrome, a complication of Nissen fundoplication surgery

Computing

 * Code bloat, computer code that is unnecessarily long, slow, or wasteful of resources
 * Software bloat, uncontrolled and damaging growth of a software system through successive versions

Other uses

 * Bloat (Wild Cards), a character in the Wild Cards book series
 * Bloat, a pufferfish and the character in the Finding Nemo franchise