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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In our lifetimes, cities were clogged with smog, which contained plenty of lead belched from then-leaded gasoline.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Some may be from galaxy group collisions, others from exploding stars and still others from supermassive black hole belches.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
He could have been dropped from heaven or belched up from below, but most likely just passed out … again.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Clean, quiet propulsion technology has been viewed as superior in performance to gas cars, with smooth, swift acceleration from a standstill minus the clouds of pollutant-laden smoke belching from tailpipes.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Some may be from galaxy group collisions, others from exploding stars and still others from supermassive black hole belches.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
He could have been dropped from heaven or belched up from below, but most likely just passed out … again.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
Clean, quiet propulsion technology has been viewed as superior in performance to gas cars, with smooth, swift acceleration from a standstill minus the clouds of pollutant-laden smoke belching from tailpipes.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Belch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belch. Accessed 2 May. 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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