Hypertext Webster Gateway: "belch"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Belch \Belch\, v. i.
1. To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to
eructate.
2. To issue with spasmodic force or noise. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Belch \Belch\, n.
1. The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an
eructation.
2. Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.
[Obs.] --Dennis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
belch
n : a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through
the mouth [syn: {belching}, {burp}, {burping}, {eructation}]
v 1: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp
at the table" [syn: {burp}, {bubble}, {eruct}]
2: become active and spew forth lava and rocks; of volcanoes;
"Vesuvius erupts once in a while" [syn: {erupt}]
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