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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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