BURP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burp mean? 

• BURP (noun)
  The noun BURP has 1 sense:

1. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

  Familiarity information: BURP used as a noun is very rare.

• BURP (verb)
  The verb BURP has 1 sense:

1. expel gas from the stomach

  Familiarity information: BURP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

belch; belching; burp; burping; eructation

Hypernyms ("burp" is a kind of...):

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Derivation:

burp (expel gas from the stomach)

• BURP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they burp    ... he / she / it burps   
Past simple: burped   
Past participle: burped   
-ing form: burping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expel gas from the stomach

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

belch; bubble; burp; eruct

Context example:

Please don't burp at the table

Hypernyms (to "burp" is one way to...):

breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

burp (a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth)

 Context examples 

Effortless regurgitation of food, milk, and saliva that commonly occurs in infants, usually right after feeding or burping.

(Infantile Gastroesophageal Reflux, NCI Thesaurus)

Passing gas through the mouth is called belching or burping.

(Gas, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)