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Belching

noun

The forceful expulsion of something from inside.

A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth. Synonyms: belch, burp, burping, eructation.

Belch

verb

(past & past part. belched; pres. part. belching)

Expel gas from the stomach. Synonyms: bubble, burp, eruct.

Become active and spew forth lava and rocks. Synonyms: erupt, extravasate.

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"Belching" Quotes from Famous Books

... discouraging knowledge that a row of German six-inch siege-guns were trained on the city from the heights of Elizabeth Park, their black muzzles commanding the grey towers and golden dome of State House, the J. Pierpont Morgan Memorial, the gleaming white new City Hall, the belching chimneys of the Underwood typewriter works, and the brown ...

— The Conquest of America - A Romance of Disaster and Victory • Cleveland Moffett

... for haste. The Macedonia, belching the blackest of smoke from her funnel, was charging down upon us from out of the north-east. Neglecting the boats that remained to her, she had altered her course so as to anticipate ours. She was not running straight ...

— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London

... stove was belching forth smoke he turned his attention to the inside of the house. Presently he came out with a pan of flour and various kitchen utensils which he placed on a bench beside the door; then he drew a bucket of water and proceeded to mix pancake batter. He had not accomplished much ...

— The Wrong Woman • Charles D. Stewart

... beheld a sight that increased his unreasonable and unreasoning fury. The four buccaneer ships under canvas were going through extraordinary manoeuvre half a mile off the Boca Chica and little more than half a mile away from the remainder of the fleet, and from their flanks flame and smoke were belching each time they swung broadside to the great round fort that guarded that narrow entrance. The fort was returning the fire vigorously and viciously. But the buccaneers timed their broadsides with extraordinary judgment to catch the defending ordnance reloading; then as they drew the Spaniards' ...

— Captain Blood • Rafael Sabatini

... to the jutting rock now, and it seemed within ten minutes of safety. But something shot into sight round the point, something big, and black, and swift, with a gleam of fiery eyes and a belching stream ...

— The Castle Of The Shadows • Alice Muriel Williamson

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