belch
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3.2
- noun
- /bɛltʃ/
- Informal
:
eructo
- The baby surprised everyone with a tiny belch after her bottle.
- a loud belch
- stifle a belch
- suppress a belch
It's the fact that I don't know how loud the belch was going to be.
- It's the fact that I don't know how loud the belch was going to be.
- I could eat and I wasn't making the loudest belches on the planet and I wasn't constipated constantly.
- And I told this story at the Union Square Barnes and Noble that was a Red Bull flavored belch.
Examples
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Then, after a belch, he said, "I believe that you are asking if I consider the exploit feasible."
Fiction book (1993) -
Miss Perkins had her napkin to her lips, looking like she was wrestling down a belch.
Fiction book (1992) -
I got a pie belch coming that might break your windows.
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Occasionally, a water belch would break the surface.
Fiction book (2001) -
"We are bringing home the bacon," Ray said, swallowing a belch.
Fiction book (1994) -
Jeff looked very uncomfortable and seemed to be stifling a belch.
Fiction book (1999) -
People would flirt, joke, argue, gamble, eat, laugh, belch, chant and brawl.
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I could eat and I wasn't making the loudest belches on the planet and I wasn't constipated constantly.
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He let out a loud belch after finishing his soda.
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After the feast, a hearty belch escaped from him, making everyone laugh.
Synonyms
50
1.0
A noisy release of gas from the stomach through the mouth
17
2.0
A sound made when air comes out of the stomach through the mouth
1
4.0
A noisy release of gas from the stomach through the mouth
A noisy release of gas from the stomach through the mouth
How Loud
- Informal
7
3.2
- Informal
50
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Belch comes from an old English sound word that tried to copy the sudden, noisy burst from the stomach. So a belch is a loud expulsion of air from your stomach, like a big 'burp'.