burp

noun \ ˈbərp \

Updated on: 16 May 2018

Definition of burp

: the act or an instance of belching

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Examples of burp in a Sentence

felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared

Recent Examples of burp from the Web

Even mild eruptions, like the ashy burp from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull in 2010, can force the global economy to grind to a halt.

— umair irfan, Vox, "Volcanoes are awe-inspiring. Here are 7 things to know about them.," 11 May 2018
Recipe: Marinate the mushrooms in red wine for an hour, then scoop out the stem and gills … drink the remaining wine, then burp.

— chris erskine, latimes.com, "My salute to May, a month of mothers, milestones and stuffed mushrooms," 11 May 2018
Lucky could interact with guests and do things like giggle, burp, snort and cough.

— bruce pecho, chicagotribune.com, "20 things you may not know about Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which turns 20 on Earth Day," 17 Apr. 2018
The younger burp, however, is a small loop that’s only 3,000 light-years from the black hole, Lewis writes.

— mika mckinnon, Smithsonian, "Astronomers Spy a Black Hole’s Double ‘Burp’," 19 Jan. 2018
This incredibly silky not-milk is chocolaty and sweet, with a vaguely nutty aftertaste, like a burp after too many bar peanuts.

— alex beggs, Bon Appetit, "6 New Trader Joe's Products, Plus Something Called a ‘Blarney Scone,‘ Reviewed," 14 Mar. 2018
Two tones is more serious, perhaps a fire alarm ringing somewhere, probably triggered by nothing more than a stray wisp of cigarette smoke or a burp of electrical current jiggling a circuit.

— sean flynn, Esquire, "The Perfect Fire," 9 Mar. 2017
But we still would've avoided cutting up a blazer and then gluing the pieces to an oversize burp cloth.

— the fug girls, Cosmopolitan, "The Fug Girls: 18 Best and Worst Dressed Celebs at the 2016 VMAs," 29 Aug. 2016
Two months later, the pop star released the worst album of his career—a dull, endless burp titled The 20/20 Experience–2 of 2.

— zach schonfeld, Newsweek, "The Justin Timberlake Backlash: A ‘Man of the Woods’–Era Guide," 2 Feb. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of burp

imitative

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First Known Use: 1929

in the meaning defined above

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burp Synonyms

Synonyms

belch, eructation;

Related Words

hiccup (also hiccough);

burp

verb

Definition of burp

intransitive verb

: belch

transitive verb

1 : belch

2 : to help (a baby) expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back

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Examples of burp in a Sentence

Say “excuse me” when you burp.

Recent Examples of burp from the Web

With the stomach twisted off, dogs can’t burp, bark or expel anything.

— ben brasch, ajc, "Cobb sheriff’s office loses its beloved bloodhound named Hank," 3 May 2018
Ruminants burp methane, and while carbon farming does not require their presence, some argue that merely accepting them on the land undermines the goal of reaching a carbon-neutral or -negative future.

— moises velasquez-manoff, New York Times, "Can Dirt Save the Earth?," 18 Apr. 2018
With little effort, your Fiesta could be a week of high school bands and kids chasing bubble-burping floats.

— bruce selcraig, San Antonio Express-News, "The Fiesta formula: Keep it local," 19 Apr. 2018
Cows fart, and also burp around 100 to 200 kilograms of methane a year each, which is a big problem for global warming.

— brian resnick, Vox, "Farts: which animals do, which don’t, and why," 3 Apr. 2018
For six weeks, both worked part-time, scrambling up the learning curve of new parenthood: the right way to burp a baby, the exasperating buttons on those onesies.

— anndee hochman, Philly.com, "The Parent Trip: Lou and Michael GrowMiller of Glenside," 30 Jan. 2018
About 30 of these objects have been discovered deep in space since the first was detected in 2007, all but one burping out a cataclysmic radio pulse exactly once and then disappearing into the night.

— dennis overbye, New York Times, "Magnetic Secrets of Mysterious Radio Bursts in a Faraway Galaxy," 10 Jan. 2018
To allow that model into the classroom is asking for bigger trouble than burping or farting in class.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "Education Is Not a Business—or It Shouldn't Be," 27 Oct. 2017
As Dave Mosher of Business Insider explains: On Monday, the surface of the sun erupted into a small solar flare and burped out a cloud of high-energy particles.

— brian manzullo, Detroit Free Press, "Northern lights may be visible in Michigan tonight due to solar flare," 6 Sep. 2017

First Known Use of burp

circa 1932

in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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BURP Defined for English Language Learners

burp

verb

Definition of burp for English Language Learners

: to let out air from the stomach through the mouth with a sound
: to help (a baby) let out air from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back