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noun

Definition of belchnext
as in burp
an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth with a loud belch he concluded his pig-out and rose at last from the table

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verb

ˈbelch How to pronounce belch (audio)
as in to spit
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the volcano belched lava and ash for days

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Recent Examples of belch
Noun
White cast-iron chairs are perfectly positioned on a terrace to catch Stromboli’s volcanic smoke-show, and occasional fiery belch, in the distance over a lazy cocktail. — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026 On the Union-Tribune five-belch scale. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
Verb
Across a massive network of underwater mountain chains known as mid-ocean ridges, tectonic plates slowly pull apart, belching molten rock at the spreading seams. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026 For decades, Saarland’s foundries and furnaces belched black into the sky. — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for belch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belch
  1. burp
  2. spit
  3. erupt
  4. eject
  5. expel
  6. emit
  7. spew
  8. spurt
Noun
  • Professor Frink enlists Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, who are immune from the burp clouds, to persuade their father to help with a cure.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Renwick, who has been sharing her story on social media in a bid to raise awareness of the condition, suffers from retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), commonly known as no burp syndrome.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of burp
Verb
  • The pouches do not require spitting and are sold in multiple flavors, such as coffee, mint, fruit and seasonal options like pumpkin spice.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Gardner-Johnson, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, appeared to spit in the direction of Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of spit
Verb
  • As dusk fell Saturday, violence erupted at the end of some of the 289 protests counted by the Interior Ministry nationwide.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Dorgham Halasa told the AP that intense gunfire erupted in the church some 15 minutes after the funeral service began.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of erupt
Verb
  • The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Where the investigation stands Preliminary information gathered at the scene from witnesses and employees indicated Kariem had been ejected from the ride, the Cobb County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit said.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of eject
Verb
  • In response, the Republican majority expelled Pearson and Jones.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of expel
Verb
  • Many of these materials are made from oil, which emits pollutants when burned, driving climate change and fueling extreme weather.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Conventional diamond quantum sensors measure fluorescent light that is emitted by these defects.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of emit
Verb
  • And that led to longer smog-spewing car commutes to city jobs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • For his final marathon in Sicily, Manson ran as Mount Etna was erupting and spewing lava.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of spew
Verb
  • People in Crystal Lake are constantly being dispatched in ways that offer the most shredded flesh, spurting blood and oozing viscera possible.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The demonstration video posted on X shows a clear liquid spurting all over the ground, which Tesla confirmed was glycol, a type of cooling agent used to cool its Supercharger cables.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
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“Belch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belch. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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