burping

burp  (bûrp)

n.

1. A belch.

2. A brief sharp sound: the burp of antiaircraft fire.

v. burped, burp·ing, burps

v.intr.

1. To belch.

2. To make brief sharp sounds: "Radio noises burped from the front of the cabin" (Jonathan Kellerman).

v.tr.

To cause (a baby) to expel gas from the stomach, as by patting the back after feeding.

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[Imitative.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

burping - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth belch, burp, eructation, belching ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus