eruct
verb (used with or without object)
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
Example Sentences
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After the road was closed for the winter, in late October, the lake uttered yet one more eructation.
From Time Magazine Archive
At intervals Salinas suffered from a mild eructation of morality.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
He thought Darius a gross fleshly organism, as he indeed was, and he privately objected to many paternal mannerisms, of eating, drinking, breathing, eructation, speech, deportment, and garb.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
He became gratified with the nectar he quaffed and thereupon an eructation came out, diffusing an excellent perfume all around.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
To vomit emptiness is, in the language of poetry, to feel the convulsions of eructation without plenitude.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
