belch

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

belch, v. t. [OE. belken, AS. bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See Bellow, v. i.].

•  To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.  [1913 Webster]

  "I belched a hurricane of wind."  [1913 Webster]
•  To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.  [1913 Webster]

  "Within the gates that now
  Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame."  [1913 Webster]

belch, v. i. 

•  To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.  [1913 Webster]
•  To issue with spasmodic force or noise.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

belch, n. 

•  The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.  [1913 Webster]
•  Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation.  Dennis.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

belch, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. emit wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
2 tr. a (of a chimney, volcano, gun, etc.) send (smoke etc.) out or up. b utter forcibly.
--n. an act of belching.

Etymology

OE belcettan

THESAURUS

belch

blare, blat, blow open, blow out, bray, break out, burp, burr, burst, burst forth, burst out, buzz, cackle, cascade, caw, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clash, craunch, croak, crump, crunch, debouchment, discharge, disgorge, dissiliency, eject, eruct, eructate, eructation, erupt, eruption, expel, flare-up, gas, grind, groan, growl, grumble, gush, hiccup, hurl forth, irrupt, jangle, jar, jet, outbreak, outburst, rapids, rasp, rush, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, snarl, snore, spate, spew, spout, spurt, torrent, twang, volcan, vomit, wind