noun
1.
a belch; eructation.
verb (used without object)
2.
to belch; eruct.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause (a baby) to belch by patting its back, especially to relieve flatulence after feeding.
Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; imitative
1930–35, Americanism; imitative
Related forms
burp·less, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | informal a belch |
| —vb | |
| 2. | informal (intr) to belch |
| 3. | (tr) to cause (a baby) to burp to relieve flatulence after feeding |
| [C20: of imitative origin] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
burp
1932, n. and v., Amer. Eng., apparently imitative. The transitive sense of the verb is first recorded 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
burp (bûrp)
n.
Noisy expulsion of gas from the stomach through the mouth. v. burped, burp·ing, burps
To expel gas from the stomach through the mouth.
To cause a baby to expel gas from the stomach, as by patting the back after feeding.
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Slang Dictionary
berp definitionand burp
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Yes, your first couple of shots will be gross, and you may burp it up.
Free to burp and fart without apology, to grab food and smoke and run shirtless through the thorns.
We meet three creatures who share a single removable eyeball, and cursed princesses who burp toads.
If the permafrost melts, prodigious amounts of trapped methane gas will burp out of the once frozen ground.
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