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belch verb [ bɛltʃ ]

• emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
• "pardon me for belching"
Similar: bring up wind, rift, burp, gurk, bolk, rout, ruck, eruct, eructate,
• (especially of a chimney) send out large amounts of (smoke or flames).
• "a factory chimney belches out smoke"
Similar: emit, issue, vent, gush, discharge, eject, expel, empty, evacuate, give off, give out, pour out, disgorge, spew out, spit out, vomit, cough up, throw up, disembogue,

belch noun

• an act of belching.
• "he gave a loud belch"
Similar: burp, gurk, bolk, ventosity, rift, eructation,
Origin: Old English belcettan, probably imitative.


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