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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BELCH, v.t.[Eng. bulge,bilge, bulk.]
1. To throw or eject wind from the stomach with violence.
2. To eject violently from a deep hollow place, as, a volcano belches flames and lava.
BELCH, n. The act of throwing out from the stomach, or from a hollow place; eructation.
1. A cant name for malt liquor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth [syn: belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation] v
1: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table" [syn: burp, bubble, belch, eruct]
2: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; "Vesuvius erupts once in a while" [syn: erupt, belch, extravasate]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bealcan Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth 2. to erupt, explode, or detonate violently 3. to issue forth spasmodically ; gush transitive verb 1. to eject or emit violently <angrily belched insults> 2. to expel (gas) from the stomach suddenly ; eruct • belch noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth. 2 tr. a (of a chimney, volcano, gun, etc.) send (smoke etc.) out or up. b utter forcibly. --n. an act of belching. Etymology: OE belcettan

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Belch Belch (b[e^]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belched (b[e^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Belching.] [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See Bellow, v. i.] 1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. I belched a hurricane of wind. --Swift. 2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent. Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Belch Belch, v. i. 1. To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate. 2. To issue with spasmodic force or noise. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Belch Belch, n. 1. The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation. 2. Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] --Dennis.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(belches, belching, belched) 1. 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. VERB: V • Belch is also a noun. He drank and stifled a belch. N-COUNT 2. If a machine or chimney belches something such as smoke or fire or if smoke or fire belches from it, large amounts of smoke or fire come from it. Tired old trucks were struggling up the road below us, belching black smoke... Suddenly, clouds of steam started to belch from the engine. = emit VERB: V n, V from/out of n • Belch out means the same as belch. The power-generation plant belched out five tonnes of ash an hour. ...the vast quantities of smoke belching out from the volcano. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

belsh: The primary idea of this word is "to gush forth" as a fountain. As used in Ps 59:7 the thought is that these enemies had so cherished these evil thoughts and bitter wrath that now the heart is a very fountain of evil, and has taught the tongue how to give utterance thereto. But the previous verse shows that the Psalmist also had in mind the howling and barking of the dogs about the city. The imprecations of his enemies are like the snarling, howling, barking of dogs which in an eastern city makes the night hideous with the noise, and is continued until the daybreak.

Jacob W. Kapp

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Eject from the stomach, throw up, eject, vomit, expel. 2. Throw out violently, cast forth, discharge, emit, vomit, eject, expel, hurl forth. II. v. n. 1. Eructate, eject wind from the stomach. 2. Be ejected violently, rush forth, gush.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

All sorts of beer; that liquor being apt to cause eructation.

Moby Thesaurus

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