burped; burping; burps
1
: belch
2
: to help (a baby) expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back
Synonyms
Examples of burp in a Sentence
Noun
felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared
Verb
Say “excuse me” when you burp.
Recent Examples on the Web
Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
The projects will include better manure management, different feed to reduce emissions from cow burps, solar energy and, in Gretebeck's case, trees that will hold carbon.
—Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
In particular, the slower emptying of the stomach allows food to react with stomach acid for longer, resulting in sulfurous burps.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2023
Methane is a far more potent planet-warmer, spewing from oil and gas wells and from cow burps.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
In addition, the burp cloth doubles as a bib for babies who’ve started to eat solid food.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
Adult Swim hasn’t revealed who is behind these new voices, and the new season doesn’t premiere until Sunday, October 15, at 11 p.m. Did anyone else notice a conspicuous lack of burps in the trailer?
—Vulture, 25 Sep. 2023
Sensitive microphones scattered across the Aleutian Arc — a chain of over 80 volcanoes that sweeps westward from the Alaskan peninsula — eavesdrop on every explosion, tremor and burp.
—Meeri Kim, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2019
The cover also features several front storage pockets for burp cloths, a pacifier, and other small nursing essentials.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
But yeah, burping and farting are absolutely required on uncle time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
And the reservoirs behind them burp out large amounts of methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The gas comes from decomposing trash in landfills, methane-emitting microbes in rice paddies, and infamously from livestock burping and pooping.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
Some doubters write to say that babies should be burped the old-fashioned way.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Barrymore’s co-host Ross Mathews stepped in to judge the event and explain the rules: three rounds of burping — each different than the next — after which the true Burp Queen would be crowned.
—EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
The carbon dioxide must be periodically released from the container—colloquially called burping—so that pressure doesn’t build up to dangerous levels.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 21 Feb. 2024
Second, the well was burping methane gas the whole time, and methane heats the atmosphere up to 80 times more than CO2 does.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Noun
When your baby is ready to move on from the swaddle (and sleep sacks, after that), these make cozy, spacious baby blankets—they can even be used as changing table covers or burp cloths.
—Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
The projects will include better manure management, different feed to reduce emissions from cow burps, solar energy and, in Gretebeck's case, trees that will hold carbon.
—Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
In particular, the slower emptying of the stomach allows food to react with stomach acid for longer, resulting in sulfurous burps.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2023
Methane is a far more potent planet-warmer, spewing from oil and gas wells and from cow burps.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
In addition, the burp cloth doubles as a bib for babies who’ve started to eat solid food.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
Adult Swim hasn’t revealed who is behind these new voices, and the new season doesn’t premiere until Sunday, October 15, at 11 p.m. Did anyone else notice a conspicuous lack of burps in the trailer?
—Vulture, 25 Sep. 2023
Sensitive microphones scattered across the Aleutian Arc — a chain of over 80 volcanoes that sweeps westward from the Alaskan peninsula — eavesdrop on every explosion, tremor and burp.
—Meeri Kim, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2019
The cover also features several front storage pockets for burp cloths, a pacifier, and other small nursing essentials.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
Verb
Methane is very commonly produced by life here on Earth, including when humans burn fossil fuels and cows burp, and ozone is a good sign that an atmosphere contains oxygen, which we humans famously need to breathe.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
But yeah, burping and farting are absolutely required on uncle time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023
And the reservoirs behind them burp out large amounts of methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The gas comes from decomposing trash in landfills, methane-emitting microbes in rice paddies, and infamously from livestock burping and pooping.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
Some doubters write to say that babies should be burped the old-fashioned way.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Barrymore’s co-host Ross Mathews stepped in to judge the event and explain the rules: three rounds of burping — each different than the next — after which the true Burp Queen would be crowned.
—EW.com, 22 Feb. 2024
The carbon dioxide must be periodically released from the container—colloquially called burping—so that pressure doesn’t build up to dangerous levels.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 21 Feb. 2024
Second, the well was burping methane gas the whole time, and methane heats the atmosphere up to 80 times more than CO2 does.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Burp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burp. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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burp
1 of 2 nounburp
2 of 2 verb2
: to help a baby expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the baby's back
Medical Definition
burp
2 of 2 intransitive verb
: belch
: to help (a baby) expel gas from the stomach especially by patting or rubbing the back
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