burping

burp

B0566000 (bûrp)n.1. A belch.2. A brief sharp sound: the burp of antiaircraft fire.v. burped, burp·ing, burps v.intr.1. To belch.2. To make brief sharp sounds: "Radio noises burped from the front of the cabin" (Jonathan Kellerman).v.tr. To cause (a baby) to expel gas from the stomach, as by patting the back after feeding.

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[Imitative.]

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burping - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouthbelch, burp, eructation, belchingejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejectinginborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus