belch
belch Lexical Profile
belch Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An act or sound of noisily expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
"He covered his mouth and apologized after letting out an unexpected belch at the dinner table."
A sudden, forceful discharge or burst of smoke, flame, or gas.
"The old locomotive started up with a loud rattle and a thick belch of dark smoke."
• verb
To emit gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
"Drinking carbonated beverages too quickly can cause a person to belch."
To send out or eject smoke, flame, or ash violently or in large quantities (especially of a chimney, engine, or volcano).
"The factory smokestacks continued to belch thick gray fumes into the morning sky."
• Rhymes for belch
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'belcan' or 'bælcan' ('to utter, bring up'), of imitative origin representing the sound of expelling air from the throat.