belch
verb/beltʃ/
/beltʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they belch | /beltʃ/ /beltʃ/ |
| he / she / it belches | /ˈbeltʃɪz/ /ˈbeltʃɪz/ |
| past simple belched | /beltʃt/ /beltʃt/ |
| past participle belched | /beltʃt/ /beltʃt/ |
| -ing form belching | /ˈbeltʃɪŋ/ /ˈbeltʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to let air come up noisily from your stomach and out through your mouth synonym burp
- He wiped his hand across his mouth, then belched loudly.
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- [intransitive, transitive] belch (out/forth) (something) to send out large amounts of smoke, flames, etc.; to come out of something in large amounts synonym spew
Word OriginOld English belcettan, probably imitative.
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