belch (verb)

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• belch — ► VERB 1) noisily emit wind from the stomach through the mouth. 2) forcefully emit (smoke or flames). ► NOUN ▪ an act of belching. ORIGIN Old English, probably imitative …   English terms dictionary

• belch — /bɛltʃ / (say belch) verb (i) 1. to eject wind spasmodically and noisily from the stomach through the mouth; eructate; burp. 2. to emit contents violently, as a gun, geyser, or volcano. 3. to issue spasmodically; gush forth. –verb (t) 4. to eject …  

• belch — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bealcan Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth 2. to erupt, explode, or detonate violently …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• belch — verb Belch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chimney, ↑smoke Belch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cloud, ↑smoke …   Collocations dictionary

• belch´er — belch «behlch», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to throw out gas from the stomach through the mouth; eructate. 2. to throw out or shoot forth contents violently: »cannon belching at the enemy. –v.t. to throw out with force: »The volcano belched fire and… …   Useful english dictionary

• belch — verb 1 (I) to let air from your stomach come out noisily through your mouth: He took a mouthful and belched loudly. see also: burp 2 (I) to give or send out large amounts of smoke, fire etc: Blue smoke belched from the car s exhaust pipe belch… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• belch — verb 1》 emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth. 2》 expel (smoke or flames) forcefully out or up. noun an act of belching. Origin OE belcettan, prob. imitative …   English new terms dictionary

• belch — [[t]be̱ltʃ[/t]] belches, belching, belched 1) VERB If someone belches, they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach. Garland covered his mouth with his hand and belched discreetly. Syn: burp N COUNT Belch… …   English dictionary

• belch — [OE] Belch first appears in recognizable form in the 15th century, but it can scarcely not be related to belk ‘eructate’, which goes back to Old English bealcan and survived dialectally into the modern English period. Belch itself may derive… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• belch — I UK [beltʃ] / US verb Word forms belch : present tense I/you/we/they belch he/she/it belches present participle belching past tense belched past participle belched 1) [intransitive] to let air from your stomach come out through your mouth in a… …   English dictionary

• belch — [OE] Belch first appears in recognizable form in the 15th century, but it can scarcely not be related to belk ‘eructate’, which goes back to Old English bealcan and survived dialectally into the modern English period. Belch itself may derive… …   Word origins