Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A belch.
- n. A brief sharp sound: the burp of antiaircraft fire.
- v. To belch.
- v. To make brief sharp sounds: "Radio noises burped from the front of the cabin” ( Jonathan Kellerman).
- v. To cause (a baby) to expel gas from the stomach, as by patting the back after feeding.
Wiktionary
- n. A belch.
- v. intransitive To emit a burp.
- v. transitive To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to same as belch.
- v. to cause to belch; -- used especially of actions parents take to relieve stomach gas in infants.
- n. a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
WordNet 3.0
- v. expel gas from the stomach
- n. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
Etymologies
- Originally from American English, of imitative origin. (Wiktionary)
- Imitative. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“San Francisco's AT & T Park smells like a garlic burp from the late Jerry Garcia.”
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“What we are unhappy with is the media's idea that this is a game to be played, and every burp from a politician is not a new story.”
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“This is a profoundly enjoyable experience, followed by another joyous moment, his first bottle burp, which is usually fuller and deeper than a breast burp on account of the air bubbles.”
“A burp is a simple function designed to expel excess air from the stomach, air which we swallow while eating, drinking carbonated beverages or smoking, among other ways.”
“How about: Bush Reclamation Plant (BRP - pronounced "burp")?”
“Many coffee roasters sell their freshest wares in bags that have a small vent on them in order to allow them to "burp" off the extra CO2.”
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“Be sure and "burp" the lid. just now, -0/+1Once I am in 'Ash' form I could care less with what they do with me.”
“Ruminant livestock such as sheep "burp" large amounts of methane, and release nitrous oxide through their wastes.”
“Scientists have found the possible source of a huge carbon dioxide "burp" that happened some 18,000 years ago and which helped to end the last ice age ....”
“Scientists detect huge carbon 'burp' that helped end last ice age”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘burp’.
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• Little pains in my butt
Annoying, little, things. In a single word.
psoriasis, interjections, sultriness, spam, mice, mosquitoes, dust, mould, ipod, pimple, blister, sliver and 93 more...
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Public List: Two by Fives
This is an experiment in public lists--something I've been thinking about for some time. The goal is to create a collection of short, powerful, evocative words.
This is an open list. A...icy, howl, hymn, thorn, fire, vile, mist, blunt, scum, dark, shot, gleam and 221 more...
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Onomatopoetic
words (seemingly) formed in imitation of a natural sound
plash, guff, woof, splash, crash, pow, crack, bang, whoosh, whizz, whallop, fizz and 116 more...
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 242 more...
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onomatopoeias (1 syllable)
1 syllable words that mean what they sound like.
(dictionaried or un-dictionaried words | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (2 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)
gush, buzz, pop, woof, boo, bam, bang, bash, bump, clang, clap, click and 106 more...
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American Onomatopoeia
A neat list of sound effects that come in handy when you try to describe how Adam West is beating up Superman.
meow, roar, oink, tik tok, zap, boom, pow, bam, whaam, biff, crunch, whack and 5 more...
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onomatopoeia
hiccup, burp, gasp, quack, zipper, wip-poor-will, bling, frumpy, ropey, ratchet, squish, cackle and 1 more...
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 2465 more... -
Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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eesome
Includes any intangible conceivable independently of Hom. Sap.
depthless, overspire, unsteady, thitherward, rile, munchable, covet, pastinaceous, mirtle, slonk, tink, inerrarable and 345 more...
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Two years
Okay, I admit it. I made a list of words my daughter knew when she was two years old.
bat, baba, a, abalone, about, acorn, adrienne, after, again, airplane, alison, all and 694 more...
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words my 19-month-old daughter says
We'll skip people's names.
basketball, light, railroad, mommy, daddy, up, hand, gate, walk, kitty, doggie, cat and 145 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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New Words
smarmy, purge, linger, shimmer, fiercely, frantically, shove, grunt, errand, clench, wriggle, squeeze and 168 more...
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The List Of Words That Rewrote The Hi...
Ah, yeah, this is a list of words that I think sound pretty funny... or dumb, either way, I like 'em so, yeah.
flabergasted, smash, wang, wordie, drum, rumplestiltskin, resistance, watt, hindu, universal serial bus, bearing, nematode and 138 more...
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words I have an irrational and burnin...
celesbian, crouch, perez hilton, slop, lotus boob, anal fissure, eat out, crotch, sewage, backwash, vomit, pus and 100 more...
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