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urp

UK/ɜːp/

urp interjection: the sound of a burp.

Interjection

  1. The sound of a burp.

Verb

urp (third-person singular simple present urps, present participle urping, simple past and past participle urped)

  1. (slang) To vomit.
    • But even if you love the new mommy club you were initiated into the instant your child urped all over your favorite party dress or exploded through her diaper, covering the whole crib in poop, or coughed like a seal, forcing you to stand in a hot, steamy bathroom at two in the morning, the club...2009, Lisa T. Bergren, Life on Planet Mom, page 103
    • He got so sick and excited that he urped all over the plane and pulled the ripcord on his parachute. It almost pulled him out.2019, John L. Lenburg, Jeff Lenburg, Walk to Freedom: Kriegsgefangenen #6410: Prisoner of War

Forms of urp

third-person singular presenturps
present participleurping
past participleurped
pasturped

Origin of urp

Imitative.

Words formed from urp

Questions about urp

What does urp mean?
Urp means the sound of a burp.
What part of speech is urp?
Urp can be an interjection or a verb.
How do you pronounce urp?
Urp is pronounced /ɜːp/ (UK).

Words near urp in the dictionary

  1. uroxanthin
  2. uroxatral
  3. uroxin
  4. Urozhaine
  5. Urozhaynoye
  6. urp
  7. urped
  8. Urpeth
  9. urping
  10. urps
  11. urpy

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