burp

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

burp, v. i. 

 to same as belch; as, In China it is polite to burp at the table.  [WordNet 1.5]

burp, v. t. 

 to cause to belch; -- used especially of actions parents take to relieve stomach gas in infants; as, mother fed and burped the baby, and put her to bed.  [PJC]

burp, n. 

 a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

burp, v. & n. colloq.
--v.
1 intr. belch.
2 tr. make (a baby) belch, usu. by patting its back.
--n. a belch.

Idiom

burp gun US sl. an automatic pistol.

Etymology

imit.