belch

1. 1.

   a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

   Synonymsbelchingburpburpingeructation

   Broaderreflexexpulsion

Other forms of belch

plural

belches·

past tense

belched·

present participle

belching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belch

What does belch mean?

belch means "expel gas from the stomach". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in belch?

belch has 1 syllable: belch. In IPA it is /ˈbɛltʃ/.

What is another word for belch?

Close synonyms include burp, bubble, eruct, erupt, extravasate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belch a common word?

belch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.