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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Belch \Belch\ (b[e^]lch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belched}
     (b[e^]lch); p. pr. & vb. n. {Belching}.] [OE. belken, AS.
     bealcan, akin to E. bellow. See {Bellow}, v. i.]
     1. To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to
        eruct.
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              I belched a hurricane of wind.        --Swift.
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     2. To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to
        give vent to; to vent.
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              Within the gates that now
              Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame.
                                                    --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  belching
       n 1: the forceful expulsion of something from inside; "the
            belching of smoke from factory chimneys"
       2: a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through
          the mouth [syn: {belch}, {burp}, {burping}, {eructation}]

















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