belch
/ˈbɛltʃ/
belch verb: to expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
Verb
belch (third-person singular simple present belches, present participle belching, simple past and past participle belched)
- To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
- 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
They are all but stomachs, and we all but food;
To eat us hungerly, and when they are full,
They belch us.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac... - When I an amorous kiss design'd,
I belch'd a hurricane of wind.1746, attributed to Jonathan Swift, "A Love Poem form a Physician to his Mistress," http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14353/pg14353-images.html
- Synonyms:
- burp
- 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
- To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
- Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.
- Within the gates of hell sat Sin and Death,
In counterview within the gates, that now
Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame
Far into Chaos […].1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
Noun
belch (plural belches)
- An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.
- The hotel coffee machine gurgles out an acrid belch.2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium
- Synonyms:
- burp
- Malt liquor.
- Porters would no longer be drunk with Belchc. 1699, John Dennis, letter to Mr. Collier
Proper noun capitalized: Belch
Belch (plural Belches)
- A surname.
belch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
belch in Hindi
- expel gas from the stomach through the mouth
- डकारना ḍakārnā
- sound one makes when belching
- डकार ḍakār
belch in Tamil
- sound one makes when belching
- ஏப்பம் ēppam
belch in Urdu
- expel gas from the stomach through the mouth
- ڈکارنا ḍakārnā
- sound one makes when belching
- ڈکار ḍakār
belch in Bengali
- ঢেঁকুর তোলা, সজোরে নির্গত হওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- belch in Telugu
- త్రేన్చు trēncu, త్రేన్పు trēnpu
- belch in Malayalam
- ഏമ്പക്കം ēmpakkaṁ
- belch in Kannada
- ಒಕ್ಕುಳಿಸು, ತೇಕು, ತೇಂಕು, ತೇಗು
- belch in Assamese
- উগাৰ মাৰ ugar mar, উগাৰ ugar
- belch in Tagalog
- dighay
- belch in Arabic
- تَجَشَّأَ tajaššaʔa, تَجَشُّؤ tajaššuʔ
- belch in Malay
- bersendawa, sendawa
- belch in Indonesian
- beserdawa, bersendawa, serdawa, sendawa
- belch in Persian
- آروغ زدن âruġ zadan, آروغ âruġ
- belch in Thai
- เรอ rəə
- belch in Vietnamese
- ợ
- belch in Myanmar
- လေချဉ်တက် lehkyanytak, စားချဉ့်ပြန် ca:hkyany.pran, ကြို့ krui.
Examples of belch in a sentence
- She eats too fast, belches behind a cupped hand, smiles.1980, J. M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians, Penguin, 19982, Chapter 2, p. 41:
- Next rung...the next and next...endless horrible rungs, hissing and smells belching from under the wharf.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck:
Synonyms of belch
Forms of belch
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | belches |
| present participle | belching |
| past participle | belched |
| past | belched |
| Noun | |
| plural | belches |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Belches |
Origin of belch
From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
Variant of Balch.
Words formed from belch
Words that rhyme with belch
Questions about belch
- What does belch mean?
- Belch means to expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
- What is belch in Hindi?
- Belch in Hindi is डकारना (ḍakārnā), डकार (ḍakār). See Belch meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use belch in a sentence?
- She eats too fast, belches behind a cupped hand, smiles.
- What part of speech is belch?
- Belch can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce belch?
- Belch is pronounced /ˈbɛltʃ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of belch?
- The past tense of belch is belched.
Words near belch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: belch (page history and authors); Belch (page history and authors); belch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); belch (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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