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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The act or an instance of belching.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A belching of wind from the stomach; a belch.
  2. n. A violent bursting forth or ejection of matter from the earth.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
  2. n. An erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected from earthy depths.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
  2. n. A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
  2. n. (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

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  • Casey "Two long trenches of flesh on Yagharek's shoulderblades were twisted and red with tissue that looked as if it were boiling. Slice marks spread like small veins from the main eructations of ugly healing." From Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. Sep 22, 2011

  • yarb I like wiktionary's erumpent blast and earthy depths as well. Well done wiktionary! Apr 25, 2011

  • reesetee I also like "earthy depths" (same definition). Apr 25, 2011

  • ruzuzu I do, however, adore Wiktionary's "erumpent blast." Apr 25, 2011

  • ruzuzu I hate it when CD 1 feels like CD 2. Apr 25, 2011

  • bilby You prefer CD 1? Apr 25, 2011

  • ruzuzu I hate the ones that are like the second definition from the Century Dictionary. Apr 25, 2011

  • jorge999
    young boys like
    showing off their eructations Nov 6, 2009

  • john "Eructation of unhealthy souls
    Into the faded air..."
    Burt Norton, Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot Dec 7, 2007

  • penhaligonblue Discovered in T.S. Eliot's 'Burnt Norton'. Dec 7, 2007

  • sonofgroucho Burping or belching are briefer and better. Apr 1, 2007

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