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noun

Belch n.

The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.

Malt liquor; vulgarly so called as causing eructation. (Obs.)

verb

Belch v. t. (past & past part. belched; pres. part. belching)

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. "I belched a hurricane of wind."

To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent. "Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame."

Belch v. i.

To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.

To issue with spasmodic force or noise.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Belch" Quotes from Famous Books

... material flames and odor, mental anguish is generally [5] accepted as the penalty for sin. This changed belief has wrought a change in the actions of men. Not a few individuals serve God (or try to) from fear; but remove that fear, and the worst of human passions belch forth their latent fires. Some people never repent until earth [10] gives them such a cup of gall that conscience strikes home; then they are brought to realize how impossible it is to sin and not suffer. All the different phases of error in human nature the reformer ...

— Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 • Mary Baker Eddy

... Rudolf called out: I have eaten too much. Whether it's healthy is very questionable. After such a greasy lunch I really feel uncomfortable. But I belch beautifully and smoke Cigarettes now and then. Lying on my heavy belly, I chirp nothing but songs of spring. Longingly, as though on a ramp The voice squeals from the throat. And like an old lamp The wind ...

— The Verse of Alfred Lichtenstein • Alfred Lichtenstein

... R. O. Carter of Colwall, W. B. Hole, Captain Charles Douglas, Mr. Kunz, Mr. Burnett, Professor Lewis Campbell, Mr. Charles Baxter, and many more - made a charming society for themselves and gave pleasure to their audience. Mr. Carter in Sir Toby Belch it would be hard to beat. Mr. Hole in broad farce, or as the herald in the TRACHINIAE, showed true stage talent. As for Mrs. Jenkin, it was for her the rest of us existed and were forgiven; her powers were an endless ...

— Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin • Robert Louis Stevenson

... think of Waterloo Bridge, and the huge wide-opened jaws of those two Behemoths, the Cannon Street and Charing Cross railway stations, I am not sure that the prospect here is not even finer than in Fleet Street. See how they belch forth puffing trains as the breath of their nostrils, gorging and disgorging incessantly those human atoms whose movement is the life of the city. How like it all is to some great bodily mechanism of which the people are ...

— Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino • Samuel Butler

... are three men of sin whom Destiny (That hath to instrument this lower world And what is in't) the never-surfeited sea Hath caused to belch you up,—and on this island Where man doth not inhabit; you 'mongst men Being most unfit to live. I have ...

— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 3, No. 16, February, 1859 • Various

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