belches 1 of 2

plural of belch
as in eructations
an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth with a loud belch he concluded his pig-out and rose at last from the table

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belches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of belch

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Recent Examples of belches
Noun
Five belches on the U-T five-belch meter. Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
Three belches on the U-T five-belch scale. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belches
Verb
  • When your team wins, the ventral striatum—that critical node in the brain’s reward pathway—erupts in a euphoric burst, akin to achieving a personal milestone, despite no actual direct involvement with the team.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That carbon remains sequestered in the lower mantle for epochal lengths of time; some of it eventually erupts back into the atmosphere via volcanism.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The industry chews people up and spits them (and their dreams) right back out.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The generator spits out new images, or data pieces, in whatever format the project involves.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, Carrie’s holiday is filled with a revolving door of haughty art dealers and Gen Z queerdos, one of whom clogs the toilet and expels a sea of brown that Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is forced to clean up.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Oxygen emits either a greenish-yellow light (the most familiar color of the aurora) or a red light; nitrogen generally gives off a blue light.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • These devices use semitransparent fluorescent glass that absorbs part of the sunlight, emits light, and directs it to solar cells placed on the edges for power generation.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their pub has 16 beers on draft as well as pizza and a sit down restaurant while their tasting room and shop has beer to go, beer pours and merchandise.
    Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Essential safety tips for heavy rain When heavy rain pours, the risk of flooding and treacherous roads rises.
    Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Belches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belches. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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