outbelchv.
/ˌaʊtˈbɛltʃ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbɛltʃ/ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject > with violence or noise
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1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. 583 A dampishe fyry flood, that sounding stones outbelching stewes.
1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. Ee j b Flame forth sparkling hie from head Outbelching spouts forth beames.
1838 W. Tennant Anster Fair (new ed.) iv. 18 As he turns his vasty carcass o'er, Out-belches molten rocks, and groans a hideous roar.
1882 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass (new ed.) 359 The dense and murky clouds out-belching from thy smoke-stack.
2. transitive. To outdo in belching. rare.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (transitive)] > belch
yeska1522
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rift1601
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to roll up1897
burp1940
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. vi. 495 Hang him whose verse cannot out-belch the wind.
1998 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 13 Apr. 18 They [sc. New Ladettes] are trying to outdrink, outsmoke, outbelch and outbonk the perennially daft young male of the species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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