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burp
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Word definitions for burp in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1932, noun and verb, American English, apparently imitative. The transitive sense of the verb is first recorded 1940. Related: Burped ; burping . Burp gun attested from 1945.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
burp \burp\, burping \burping\n. a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth. Syn: belch, belching, burping, eructation.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a belch vb. 1 (cx intransitive English) To emit a burp. 2 (cx transitive English) To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
Usage examples of burp.
I watched with fascination as Rita burped him and then eased him down to the layer of soft pillows on the lounger she had ready for him.
Indian girl, it would have been a sneeze, a hiccup, a burp, compared to what Mr.
A bundle that squirmed, cooed, then let out a resounding burp more suitable to a burly ale master.
When she cradled it against her shoulder, it would burp in her ear and spit milk down her back.
His unburnable possessions were melted beyond recognition before joining the bone balls, and drifted down through the water to the accompaniment of piscine burps and belches.
I wondered, as I burped up Broadway, I wondered how this town ever got put together.
Every few seconds I burped bleakly, and waited for that tooth to nut me in the face.
Warm water bubbled and burped over a small peat fire in preparation for their baths.
A cloying smell of burned sugar burped out of the exhaust, swirling around the vehicle.
The gun in her free hand burped almost before she realized that a human had emerged from a door just three steps away.
He burped his siren to make them pull to the side, then waved himself through the blockade.
After a time, her face eased from its white, strained lines, and she burped the baby and laid her sleeping in her basket.
And then, on some night or other, as you sit there burping and scratching your armpit and thinking about money you get the lot.
They wore long silver robes of a plain gauzy material, their feet bare but apparently immune to the heat as they circled five separate burping lava pits.
Bannor stole a sidelong glance at his son, only to discover he was still burping up bubbles.