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burp

bərp
WordNet
Two women in Vidal 'toilettes'. On the left an evening dress; on the right a burp on a dress with train. Accessories: necklace with pendant, flower corsage, long decorated gloves, bracelet, fan. Below the image a line of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Les Modes de la Saison (1871-1885).
Two women in Vidal 'toilettes'. On the left an evening dress; on the right a burp on a dress with train. Accessories: necklace with pendant, flower corsage, long decorated gloves, bracelet, fan. Below the image a line of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Les Modes de la Saison (1871-1885).
  1. (v) burp
    expel gas from the stomach "In China it is polite to burp at the table"
  2. (n) burp
    a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
Usage in the news

How A Few Indistinct Words Burped Up By A Drunk Tennessee Williams Changed One Man's Life. kuow.org

Laughing, sneezing , burping and more: the science of curious behavior. hyy.org

Katie Stam teaches us the proper way to win an eating contest, how to burp, and why those Trump pageants aren't really, well, pageants. esquire.com

When you have to burp, you burp. esquire.com

This one is like many as it cries, it burps….BUT it also suckles. 965kvki.com

The hard part is getting family members to use burp cloths , let alone handmade ones. journalgazette.net

The storm, first detected in 2010, let out something of a cosmic burp. cnn.com

When high- fives go wrong, plus world's longest burp. metro.us

From Flickr user Big Burp Sx3. gna.com

Gawker's calling it a "burp" and the Portland Mercury called it a "fart" — and we're pretty good with both of those terms. inlander.com

But already, developers are moving from simple applications, such as burping jukeboxes and puzzle games, on to new territories. businessweek.com

We wait to be diapered and burped. plaintalk.net

Watch the Floor at Grand Central Burp Up Cigarette Butts and Dirty Rain Water . nymag.com

Watch the Floor at Grand Central Burp Up Cigarette Butts and Dirty Rain Water. nymag.com

A corn-processing plant on the edge of a Minnesota prairie town burps clouds of sweet, syrupy-smelling steam. runnersworld.com

Usage in scientific papers

This knowledge is essential given the very large fog of foreground (M dwarf flares, dwarf noave) and background transients (routine supernovae at a late phase, burps from an AGN). 9Even so, as in real life, two thirds of the transients are unclassified and left behind.
Cosmic Explosions (Optical Transients)

Usage in literature

Burpe Can Sealer Co., 215 W. Huron St., Chicago. "Every Step in Canning" by Grace Viall Gray

Douglass MacArthur Yetsko put the burp gun back together again, tried the action, and laid it aside with a sigh. "Null-ABC" by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

The third man had a burp-gun in his hands. "Ullr Uprising" by Henry Beam Piper

The third man had a burp-gun in his hands. "Uller Uprising" by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

The plate burped and a slip dropped out of the slot below it. "Mezzerow Loves Company" by Floyd L. Wallace

The burp was almost joyful as the card popped out. "The Success Machine" by Henry Slesar

My name is Tyler, King of burping, Champion of stomach chirping. "FreeChildrenStories.com Collection" by Daniel Errico

And Leo kicked up and made me burp the burp I was saving. "Special Delivery" by Damon Francis Knight

It was the pistol known as the "burp gun," that sprayed slugs like a hose. "The Caves of Fear" by John Blaine

He was shaking his head at his own estimate when the Rangeley burped again. "The Next Time We Die" by Robert Moore Williams