noun
Meaning 1
A belch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Examples
- Lennon let out a burp after downing the beer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
A belch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To emit a burp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To utter by burping
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To open (a container of fermenting substance) to allow the release of accumulated gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: belch, belching, burping, eructation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out, reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
verb
expel gas from the stomach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bubble, belch, eruct
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emit, breathe, pass off
History
Originally from American English, of imitative origin.
Across languages
169 source translations are retained for this English entry.