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burp

informal

1. verb To expel digestive gas from one's mouth; to belch. Please say "excuse me" after you burp, Jennifer. Could you not burp like that at the dinner table, please? Yikes, didn't that kid's parents teach him not to burp in public like that?

2. verb To cause someone, especially a baby, to expel digestive gas from their mouth. Make sure you burp Tommy after giving him his bottle, OK? If you're going to burp the baby, here's a burp cloth for your shoulder. Gently pat Janie's back to burp her—there you go.

3. noun An expulsion of digestive gas from the mouth; a belch. Wow, that was quite the burp! It must have been from all that soda. A: "Grandma!" B: "I'm sorry, but you can't hold anything back at this age—including burps." Once we're inside the church, I don't want to hear any giggles, any burps, anything remotely inappropriate. Got it, boys?

burp the worm

vulgar slang To masturbate. A term only applied to men. A: "Why is he all embarrassed today?" B: "Oh, his crush walked in on him burping the worm. How horrifying is that?" Jack talks on and on about how much of a ladies' man he is, but I bet he spends most nights burping the worm.

See also: burp, worm

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berp

and burp

1. in. to bring up stomach gas. (see also belch.) She burped quietly behind her hanky, so no one would notice.

2. n. an upward release of stomach gas. The burp did not go unnoticed.

burp

verb

See berp

berps

and burps

n. liquor; beer. (see also belch.) Did you bring the berps for the party?

burps

verb

See also: burp

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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References in periodicals archive

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'' TV Burp did become really stressful and I don't miss it in the slightest.

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But you might find that you burped more than usual."

Science gets a boost from Diet Coke and Mentos

* The world record for the loudest burp registers 118.1 decibels.

Burp, rumble, toot! How your lunch can turn you into a one-person band

Sometimes eating or drinking too fast can bring on a burp. That's because when you gulp your food, you're also gulping extra air into your stomach.

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I can't do that? For real? (Law)

Standing right next to Shlomo, he lets out a burp. Shlomo tries hard to ignore him, but he can't resist and burps back.

Talking to the children

The owners of Pixiedust manufacture fanciful burp cloths that will brighten any mother's day.

Pixiedust. (New Businesses)

In the case of a pressure pour that does not tilt, the lowest level to which the metal can be lowered is the burp level, at which point the pressurizing gas escapes via the fill and poursiphons.

Improve the performance of your ductile iron pressure pour

Sourcing of the ACE Adjustment: The alternative minimum tax rules should be amended to provide a simplifying rule with regard to the adjusted current earnings preference, similar to that provided in respect of the BURP preference of former section 59(a)(1)(C).

Tax simplification and reform

The Study: In this small study of 71 mother-baby pairs, half were instructed to burp their babies after feedings, while the other half didn't burp their babies after feedings.

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