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outbelch

outbelch verb: to belch more or louder than.

Verb

outbelch (third-person singular simple present outbelches, present participle outbelching, simple past and past participle outbelched)

  1. (transitive) To belch more or louder than.
    • Hang him, whose verse cannot outbelch the wind, That cannot beard and brave Dan Æolus ; That, when the cloud of his invention breaks, Cannot outcrack the scarecrow thunderbolt.c. 1600, The Return From Parnassus
    • He could outeat, outdrink, and outbelch any monk from Tashilhunpo to Kumbum.1935, Gordon Bandy Enders, Edward Anthony, Nowhere Else in the World, page 102

Examples of outbelch in a sentence

  • I don't mean he goes off to his club and says proudly, " Do you know, old man, my little woman can outbelch any cab driver in London."1950, Benn Wolfe Levy, Clutterbuck: comedy in three acts, page 10:
  • Why, the way they tried to outbelch each other was downright disgusting.2011, Julie Garwood, Saving Grace:

Forms of outbelch

third-person singular presentoutbelches
present participleoutbelching
past participleoutbelched
pastoutbelched

Origin of outbelch

From out- + belch.

Questions about outbelch

What does outbelch mean?
Outbelch means to belch more or louder than.
How do you use outbelch in a sentence?
I don't mean he goes off to his club and says proudly, " Do you know, old man, my little woman can outbelch any cab driver in London."
What part of speech is outbelch?
Outbelch is a verb.
What is the past tense of outbelch?
The past tense of outbelch is outbelched.

Words near outbelch in the dictionary

  1. outbegs
  2. outbehave
  3. outbehaved
  4. outbehaves
  5. outbehaving
  6. outbelch
  7. outbelched
  8. outbelches
  9. outbelching
  10. outbellow
  11. outbellowed

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