belching

Other forms of belching

plural

belchings·

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 belching

What does belching mean?

belching means "the forceful expulsion of something from inside". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in belching?

belching has 2 syllables: bel-ching. The stress falls on "bel". In IPA it is /ˈbɛltʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for belching?

Close synonyms include belch, burp, burping, eructation. 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 belching a common word?

belching 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.