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belches

  • plural
    of belch.
    belch
    verb (used without object)
    to eject stomach gas noisily from the mouth; burp.
  • present tense form
    of belch (3rd person singular).
    belch
    verb (used without object)
    to eject stomach gas noisily from the mouth; burp.

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Good, but the grant money it offers based on that S.A.I. or other data or the figures that another form, the CSS Profile, belches out is probably not enough to make college affordable.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

They did the same for a series of what they call the “yums” — deep, robotic belches — that occur when Glazer switches to thermal imagery of a resistance fighter collecting apples in the night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

At any given moment, Earth’s closest star belches fast, blisteringly hot particles known as the solar wind into space.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022

The Indonesian island of Java’s tallest volcano, Semeru, sent an ash cloud nearly a mile into the air this week—the latest uptick in unrest from a mountain that belches ash and volcanic gases almost constantly.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 6, 2022

A big steelmaker belches too much smoke into the air?

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt