belching

Verb

belch (third-person singular simple present belches, present participle belching, simple past and past participle belched)

1. (ambitransitive) 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...

   Synonyms:

   burp

2. (ambitransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.
   • Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.

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