Meanings
plural burps
- CanadaUSA belch.
Lennon let out a burp after downing the beer.
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Sylvanshine would burp and it would seem like more than a burp; it would taste like he'd almost thrown up a little.
2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King, page 9When they approached, he turned from them and made swallowing noises indispersed with burps.
2016, Thomas Corfield, The World Is Badly MadeSynonyms: belch
present singular third person burps · participle present burping · participle past burped · past burped
- intransitiveTo emit a burp.
My dad used to burp to hide the fact he was farting.
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Burping is considered impolite in most western cultures.
‘[…] She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’ ‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they’re called Garburators.’ ‘Garburator, that’s it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.[…]’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 28During a burping contest to celebrate wonderfully cold soft drinks after a long hike one hot afternoon, one little girl said, "My dad can outburp any of you!" Her father is a distinguished theologian and church leader whom I will not name here.
1999, Diana S. Richmond Garland, Family ministry: a comprehensive guide, page 45 - transitiveTo cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
Usually baby doesn't need to be burped if (1) he consistently takes his usual amount of formula, gradually increasing his capacity as the weeks go by and (2) if he hasn't spit up when put down unburped after most feedings.
1968, Robert Webster Watson, Why Not Have Your Second Baby First?, page 46 - transitiveTo open (a container of fermenting substance) to allow the release of accumulated gas.
Ferment the lemons for up to 2 weeks, opening the bag occasionally to burp it and release carbon dioxide, and reseal.
2021, Alan Bergo, The Forager Chef's Book of Flora, page 45
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA belch.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Originally from American English, of imitative origin.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐρυγή, ἐρεύγομαι
- ἐρυγή (erugḗ)a softer belch
- ἐρεύγομαι (ereúgomai)to emit a burp
Arabic تَجَشُّؤ, تَجَشَّأَ
- تَجَشُّؤ (tajaššuʔ)a softer belch
- تَجَشَّأَ (tajaššaʔa)to emit a burp
Bulgarian оригване, оригвам се
- оригване (origvane)a softer belch
- оригвам се (origvam se)to emit a burp
Catalan rot, eructar
- rota softer belch
- eructarto emit a burp
Chinese Mandarin 飽嗝 /饱嗝, 噯氣 /嗳气
- 飽嗝 /饱嗝 (bǎogé)a softer belch
- 噯氣 /嗳气 (ǎiqì)a softer belch
- 打嗝 (dǎgé)to emit a burp
- 噯氣 /嗳气 (ǎiqì)to emit a burp
- 飽嗝 /饱嗝 (bǎogé)to emit a burp
- 嗝 (gé)to emit a burp
Czech říhnutí, krknutí
- říhnutía softer belch
- krknutía softer belch
- říhatto emit a burp
- říhnoutto emit a burp
- krknoutto emit a burp
Danish bøvs, bøvse
- bøvsa softer belch
- bøvseto emit a burp
Dutch boer, oprisping
- boera softer belch
- oprispinga softer belch
- boerento emit a burp
Esperanto rukto, rukti
- ruktoa softer belch
- ruktito emit a burp
Estonian röhitsus, röhitsema
- röhitsusa softer belch
- röhitsemato emit a burp
Finnish röyhtäys, röyhtäisy
- röyhtäysa softer belch
- röyhtäisya softer belch
- röyhtäistäto emit a burp
- röyhtäyttääto burp someone
French rot, renvoi
- rota softer belch
- renvoia softer belch
- éructationa softer belch
- roterto emit a burp
- faire un rotto emit a burp
- éructerto emit a burp
- faire son rot (à un bébé)to burp someone
German Rülpser, Bäuerchen
- Rülpsera softer belch
- Bäuerchena softer belch
- rülpsento emit a burp
Greek ρέψιμο, ερευγμός
- ρέψιμο (répsimo)a softer belch
- ερευγμός (erevgmós)a softer belch
- ερυγή (erygí)a softer belch
- ρεύομαι (révomai)to emit a burp
- ερεύγομαι (erévgomai)to emit a burp
Hebrew גרפס
- גרפס (greps)a softer belch
Hindi डकार, डकारना
- डकार (ḍakār)a softer belch
- डकारना (ḍakārnā)to emit a burp
Hungarian böfög, büfiztet
- böfögto emit a burp
- büfiztetto burp someone
Indonesian serdawa, sendawa
- serdawaa softer belch
- sendawaa softer belch
- antopa softer belch
- tahaka softer belch
- beserdawato emit a burp
- bersendawato emit a burp
Italian rutto, flato
- ruttoa softer belch
- flatoa softer belch
- ruttareto emit a burp
Japanese げっぷ, うっぷ
- げっぷ (geppu)a softer belch
- うっぷ (uppu)a softer belch
- おくび (okubi)a softer belch
- 噫気 (aiki)a softer belch
- げっぷする (geppu suru)to emit a burp
- うっぷする (uppu suru)to emit a burp
- おくびする (okubi suru)to emit a burp
- 噫気する (aiki suru)to emit a burp
Korean 트림, 애기
- 트림 (teurim)a softer belch
- 애기 (aegi)a softer belch
- 트림하다 (teurimhada)to emit a burp
Latin eructatio, erugo
- eructatioa softer belch
- erugoto emit a burp
Lithuanian atsirūgti
- atsirūgtito emit a burp
Malay sendawa
- sendawaa softer belch
Māori whakakūpā
- whakakūpāto burp someone
Norwegian rap, rape
- rapa softer belch
- rapeto emit a burp
Persian آروغ, آروغ زدن
- آروغ (âruġ)a softer belch
- آروغ زدن (âruġ zadan)to emit a burp
Polish beknięcie, bekać
- beknięciea softer belch
- bekaćto emit a burp
- beknąćto emit a burp
Portuguese arroto, arrotar
- arrotoa softer belch
- arrotarto emit a burp
Romanian râgâit, râgâitură
- râgâita softer belch
- râgâiturăa softer belch
- râgâialăa softer belch
- eructațiea softer belch
- râgâito emit a burp
Russian отры́жка, рыга́ние
- отры́жка (otrýžka)a softer belch
- рыга́ние (rygánije)a softer belch
- рыга́ть (rygátʹ)to emit a burp
- рыгну́ть (rygnútʹ)to emit a burp
- отры́гивать (otrýgivatʹ)to emit a burp
- отрыгну́ть (otrygnútʹ)to emit a burp
- отры́гиваться (otrýgivatʹsja)to emit a burp
- отрыгну́ться (otrygnútʹsja)to emit a burp
Slovak grgnutie, rihať
- grgnutiea softer belch
- rihaťto emit a burp
- grgaťto emit a burp
Spanish eructo, regüeldo
- eructoa softer belch
- regüeldoa softer belch
- eructarto emit a burp
- regoldarto emit a burp
- rutarto emit a burp
- eructarto burp someone
Swedish rap, rapning
- rapa softer belch
- rapninga softer belch
- rapato emit a burp
Tagalog dighay
- dighaya softer belch
Tamil ஏப்பம்
- ஏப்பம் (ēppam)a softer belch
Thai เรอ, เรอ
- เรอ (rəə)a softer belch
- เรอ (rəə)to emit a burp
Turkish geğirme, geğirti
- geğirmea softer belch
- geğirtia softer belch
- geğirmekto emit a burp
Ukrainian відри́жка, відри́гувати
- відри́жка (vidrýžka)a softer belch
- відри́гувати (vidrýhuvaty)to emit a burp
- відригну́ти (vidryhnúty)to emit a burp
Urdu ڈکار, ڈکارنا
- ڈکار (ḍakār)a softer belch
- ڈکارنا (ḍakārnā)to emit a burp
Vietnamese sự ợ, ợ
- sự ợa softer belch
- ợto emit a burp
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with burp
All rhymes →Cite this entry
burp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burp
“burp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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