eructation

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/ɪ.ɹʌkˈteɪ.ʃən/

noun

The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.

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eruptionextravasationbelchbelchingburpburping
OriginLatin ērūctātiōnem →
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Meanings

nouneructation (countable and uncountable, plural eructations)

plural eructations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.

    "Move along, you coxcomb," Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley.

    1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 10, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 211
    1 more example

    His eyes were as restless as his limbs, and seemed ever to be seeking for something upon which they could definitely alight, and not finding it. He performed eructations with the disarming naturalness of a baby.

    1914, Arnold Bennett, The Price of Love
  2. countableuncountableAn erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected from the depths of the earth.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

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eruptionextravasation
Broader
actionactivityactiveness

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

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belchbelchingburpburping
Broader
reflexreflex responsereflex actionexpulsionprojectionejection
Also see
belchbelchingburpburpingeruptionextravasationructation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinērūctātiōnem
  2. Englisheructation

Learned borrowing from Latin ērūctātiōnem, accusative of ērūctātiō (“a belching forth, burp”), from ērūctāre (“to belch, burp”). Compare Middle English eructuacioun (“belching, burp”), borrowed from the same root.

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Chicago

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