as in belch
an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth felt embarrassed when a burp escaped from his lips as the table was being cleared

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Recent Examples of burp It’s well established that burps, or emissions, of carbon dioxide are bad for the oceans. Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2025 More: Former pro wrestler puts Ryan Seacrest in a headlock on 'Wheel of Fortune' Plank-off ends in a draw and a burp As two minutes passed, Lenski and Seacrest agreed to call the plank-off a draw, eventually ending the duel after two minutes and 12 seconds. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025 Researchers at University of California, Davis discovered that when a specific type of seaweed is added to cattle feed – just 60 to 80 grams mixed into 25 kilograms of regular feed – methane emissions from cow burps drop by more than 80%. Heide Brandes, thehustle.co, 24 Jan. 2025 Agriculture is the largest source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, nearly all of which comes from cow burps. Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for burp
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belch
Noun
  • Five belches on the U-T five-belch meter.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025

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“Burp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burp. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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