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Belch   /bɛltʃ/   Listen
noun
Belch  n.  
1.
The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.
2.
Malt liquor; vulgarly so called as causing eructation. (Obs.)


verb
Belch  v. t.  (past & past part. belched; pres. part. belching)  
1.
To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct. "I belched a hurricane of wind."
2.
To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent. "Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame."


Belch  v. i.  
1.
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
2.
To issue with spasmodic force or noise.





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"Belch" Quotes from Famous Books



... said the counsellor, borrowing an exclamation from Sir Toby Belch, "just the month in which Ellangowan's distresses became generally public. But let us hear what she ...
— Guy Mannering • Sir Walter Scott
... that Sir Toby Belch was unanimously elected and Mrs. Brown's duties were lightened. The plan was that every week the four members of the Co-operative Housekeepers' Association should put into Sir Toby a certain amount of money which would be drawn out for expenses as the occasion ...
— Molly Brown's Orchard Home • Nell Speed
... whose editor or chief stockholder did not hold a public office was marshalled in his support. The echoes of their enthusiasm can be heard even to this day. Some of those editors ranted and roared like Sir Toby Belch; but the professional politicians, serene and complacent as gulligut friars, saw their editorial antagonists routed—cakes, ale, ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 • Various
... ask, was it possible that Jonson's noble friend could at all think of trying to use him as a go-between in this shameful manner? Are we not reminded here of the position of thirsty Toby Belch towards the simple Aguecheek, if not even of honest [12] Iago in his dealings with the liberal Rodrigo? Neither in Olivia's uncle, nor in Othello's Ancient is it reckoned a merit to have omitted doing pimp service to friends. Their ...
— Shakspere And Montaigne • Jacob Feis
... Night, Act ii. Scene 3., occur the words "Sneck up," in C. Knight's edition, or "Snick up," Mr. Collier's edition. These words appear most unaccountably to have puzzled the commentators. Sir Toby Belch uses them in reply to ...
— Notes & Queries No. 29, Saturday, May 18, 1850 • Various


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