Eruct

3 definitions found

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

  Eruct \E*ruct"\, Eructate \E*ruc"tate\, v. t. [L. eructare; e
     out + ructare to belch: cf. F. ['e]ructer.]
     To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] --Howell.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  eruct
       v 1: eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical;
            "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The
            editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the
            Presidential candidate" [syn: {spew}, {spew out}]
       2: expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp
          at the table" [syn: {burp}, {bubble}, {belch}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "eruct":
     belch, blow open, blow out, break out, burp, burst forth,
     burst out, cast forth, debouch, decant, discharge, disembogue,
     disgorge, ejaculate, eject, eructate, erupt, exhaust, expel,
     extravasate, hiccup, hurl forth, irrupt, jet, outpour, pour,
     pour forth, pour out, send forth, send out, spew, spout, spurt,
     squirt, throw out, vomit