BELCH

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. I belched a hurricane of wind. Swift.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.

4.
v.

To issue with spasmodic force or noise. Dryden.

5.
n.

The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.

6.
n.

Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obs.] Dennis.

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