burp
noun
an ejection of stomach gas through the mouth; belch.
Example Sentences
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These enormous cosmic "burps" can carry material across vast distances and can significantly affect the evolution of the galaxies that contain them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Even under the worst kind of duress, they don’t want to flee their homes, their belongings, certainly not their families, despite the threatening burps of Vesuvius.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
There are farts and burps for laughs, but mostly the show is about self-love and acceptance — about how goodness can and will prevail, even in the darkest of circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
That would deliver climate benefits on top of the reduction of animal agriculture's more direct emissions sources: manure and cow burps.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024
On rainy mornings the school bus stinks of boys, burps, and ashtrays.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
