Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Belching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
belching
n 1: the forceful expulsion of something from inside; "the
belching of smoke from factory chimneys"
2: a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through
the mouth [syn: {belch}, {burp}, {burping}, {eructation}]
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