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To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

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  1. v. i. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
  2. v. i. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
  3. v. i. To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
  4. v. i. To issue with spasmodic force or noise.
  5. n. The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.
  6. n. Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
  7. n. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
  8. v. expel gas from the stomach
  9. v. become active and spew forth lava and rocks
  10. 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. 1. To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate. 2. To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden. 1. The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation. 2. Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] Dennis.
  11. n:24/v:76 n. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth