belched; belching; belches
1
: to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth
2
: to erupt, explode, or detonate violently
3
: to issue forth spasmodically : gush
1
: to eject or emit violently
angrily belched insults
2
: to expel (gas) from the stomach suddenly : eruct
belch
noun
Examples of belch in a Sentence
He belched loudly, and his girlfriend said, “That's disgusting!”.
Smoke belched from the factory chimneys beside the river.
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The past 24 hours has seen US President Donald Trump’s slow-burn, apparent dislike for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, belch out into the open.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The past 24 hours has seen US President Donald Trump’s slow-burn, apparent dislike for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, belch out into the open.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
The giant protostar is belching off a powerful jet that has cleared away dust, Hubble officials wrote in an image description.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
By the time the first photos were released, the fire had already belched 100 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, much of it from burning cars and houses.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The past 24 hours has seen US President Donald Trump’s slow-burn, apparent dislike for his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, belch out into the open.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
The giant protostar is belching off a powerful jet that has cleared away dust, Hubble officials wrote in an image description.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
By the time the first photos were released, the fire had already belched 100 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, much of it from burning cars and houses.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Belch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belch. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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belch
1 of 2 intransitive verb
: to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth
: to expel (gas) from the stomach suddenly : eruct
belch
2 of 2 noun
: an act or instance of belching : eructation
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