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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

burp

· IPA /bɝp/
01 v. i. to same as belch; as, In China it is polite to burp at the table.
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    to same as belch; as, In China it is polite to burp at the table. See: belch
Syn. bubble, belch, eruct, expel gas.
02 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 pu…
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    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.
03 n. a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
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    a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
Syn. belch, belching, burping, eructation.