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UK
/bˈɜːp/
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[ US /ˈbɝp/ ]
[ US /ˈbɝp/ ]
VERB
-
expel gas from the stomach
Please don't burp at the table
NOUN
- a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
How To Use burp In A Sentence
- A passive-aggressiveness marches through it: On one hand, Capitol doubts its salability and keeps it off the market; on the other, the label constantly attempts to justify its importance by hailing every burp and burble emanating from the recording booth. Pet Sounds : It's Not Rock 'n' Roll, But We Like It
- The boiler came on with a burp and a quiet roaring, startling the misshapen shadow behind the torch. THE LAST RAVEN
- Another loser chocker season for you bunch of beer burping boobs. News - chicagotribune.com
- Changes were being rung on the usual male-female antinomies—shopping, burping, etc.—when one of the wives went a little too far. The Human Car Wash of Self-Esteem
- The reason is that Chavez cannot tolerate that the spotlight is taken away from him and when that happens he always burps something out that is sure to send the country into a newer chaotic spasm since Chavez underlings are unable to discern what is a mere dissimulated form of swearing and what might be actually a state policy. Lapi, Chavez and private health care
- Shandy for the men and the girls on little drops of vodka and Baby Burpjoys and I don’t know what next in the way of gut-rot. Cargo of Eagles
- He clapped a hand over his mouth, as if to stifle a burp or cover a yawn.
- 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. CNN Poll: President's approval on health care under 50 percent
- The Chinese can take this, Finch muses, because they are more nonchalant about bodily functions, such as burping, farting or even going to the bathroom - an act performed squatting sans doors in some places in China. TIME.com: Top Stories
- Some researchers have suggested that a collision with another star produced the fireworks, while others have argued that the star simply "burped" after swallowing some planet-sized objects. New Scientist - Space