belch

Meanings

Verb

• To expel (gas) loudly from the stomach through the mouth.
• To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

Noun

• The sound one makes when belching.
• Malt liquor.

Related

Similar words

• burp

Origin

• From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin.
• Related to Dutch balken, Middle Low German belken, Low German bölken, Old English bealċettan. See also English bolk, boak.