vurp
/vɜː(ɹ)p/
vurp noun: a belch where a small amount of stomach acid is brought up into the mouth, creating a taste similar to that of vomit.
Noun
vurp (plural vurps)
- A belch where a small amount of stomach acid is brought up into the mouth, creating a taste similar to that of vomit.
- BTW, dry toast is the rule for a major case of the "vurps " . <g>1999 January 20, User455673, “Re: Jets set new post season record!”, in alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots (Usenet)
- Gore can't even change the inflection in his voice without sounding like someone trying to talk and hold a vurp back at the same time.2000 August 18, SilverBullet, “Al Gore: I Am My Own Man...”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet)
Verb
vurp (third-person singular simple present vurps, present participle vurping, simple past and past participle vurped)
- To experience a combination of burping and vomiting.
- “If Laurie gets two sundaes, then I get two,” Bonnie said. […] ¶ “You’ll vurp,” I said. ¶ “What’s vurp?” Her brows knotted suspiciously. ¶ “It’s when you burp, only you almost vomit.” ¶ […] ¶ “It’s a Celeste-ism,” I said.2005, Nancy N. Rue, ’Nama Beach High Book 4: Totally Unfair, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 32
- She heads into the kitchen to pour a glass of the all-American drink [milk] for our all-American athlete. The scene is enough to make me want to vurp. How did I end up the lone monster in a family that belongs on a porcelain Christmas plate?2007, Melissa Walker, Violet on the Runway, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 26
Examples of vurp in a sentence
- well i don't know. for instance, i'd rather smell a burp rather than a fart, unless, it happened to be a very bad burp (or even worse, a vurp).2001 April 14, Mike Kim, “Re: 3 way component sets”, in rec.audio.car (Usenet):
- I took some meat loaf and mashed potatoes even though I wasn’t hungry. […] I’m regretting it now as I ride my mountain bike, vurping onions and garlic and hard-boiled egg.2009, Don Calame, Swim the Fly, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 39:
Forms of vurp
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vurps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vurps |
| present participle | vurping |
| past participle | vurped |
| past | vurped |
Origin of vurp
Blend of vomit + burp.
Words that rhyme with vurp
Questions about vurp
- What does vurp mean?
- Vurp means a belch where a small amount of stomach acid is brought up into the mouth, creating a taste similar to that of vomit.
- How do you use vurp in a sentence?
- well i don't know. for instance, i'd rather smell a burp rather than a fart, unless, it happened to be a very bad burp (or even worse, a vurp).
- What part of speech is vurp?
- Vurp can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce vurp?
- Vurp is pronounced /vɜː(ɹ)p/.
- What is the plural of vurp?
- The plural of vurp is vurps.
Words near vurp in the dictionary
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