to eruct
9.9
To release gas from your stomach through your mouth
- verb
- /ɪˈrʌkt/
- Specialized
:
eructar
- He eructed loudly after the meal.
Examples
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It is considered impolite to eruct loudly during a formal dinner.
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Some digestive disorders may cause patients to eruct frequently throughout the day.
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He tried to suppress a sudden urge to eruct in the middle of the meeting.
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Please don't eruct at the dinner table!
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It is considered impolite to eruct loudly during a formal dinner.
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Please don't eruct at the dinner table!
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He tried to suppress a sudden urge to eruct in the middle of the meeting.
Synonyms
44
1.0
To let air come up noisily from the stomach and out through the mouth
is a more forceful expulsion of stomach gas rather than gentle rising air
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4.2
To let air out loudly from the stomach through the mouth
has identical meaning and uses the exact wording found in the key description
How Noisy
to eruct
- Specialized
burp
50
1.0
- Informal
50
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eruct comes from the Latin parts e- 'out' and ructare 'to belch', so it literally meant 'belch out'. That's why eruct means to expel gas noisily from the stomach.