Definition of "belch" in English

verb

1. (ambitransitive, immunology) To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.

   • 1746, attributed to Jonathan Swift, "A Love Poem form a Physician to his Mistress," http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14353/pg14353-images.html When I an amorous kiss design'd, I belch'd a hurricane of wind.

2. (ambitransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

   • Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.

noun

1. An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.

2. (obsolete) Malt liquor.

   • c. 1699, John Dennis, letter to Mr. Collier Porters would no longer be drunk with Belch