Belch
11belch — (v.) O.E. bealcan bring up wind from the stomach, also swell, heave, of echoic origin (Cf. Du. balken to bray, shout ). Extended to volcanoes, cannons, etc. 1570s. Related: Belched; belching. As a noun, recorded from 1510s. It is recorded in 1706 …
12belch — [v] burp; spew discharge, disgorge, emit, eruct, eructate, erupt, give off, gush, hiccup, irrupt, repeat, ventilate, vomit; concept 185 …
13belch — ► 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 …
14belch — [[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… …
15belch — [belt/] 1. in. to bring up stomach gas. (See also berp.) □ They swallow beer by the can and see who can belch the loudest. □ I belched, and everybody stared. 2. n. a burp; an upwards release of stomach gas. □ That was the loudest belch I’ve ever… …
16Belch — This name, with variant spellings Baulch, Belch, Belk, Boakes, has two distinct possible origins, the first being a metonymic occupational name for someone involved in the erection of roof beams. The derivation in this case is from the Medieval… …
17belch — [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… …
18belch — 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… …
19belch — [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… …
20belch — belch1 [ beltʃ ] verb 1. ) intransitive to let air from your stomach come out through your mouth in a noisy way: BURP 2. ) transitive MAINLY LITERARY to produce a lot of smoke, steam, fire, etc.: The truck was belching black smoke. a )… …
