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to burp
01
to release air from the stomach through the mouth
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
burp
3rd person singular
burps
present participle
burping
past simple
burped
past participle
burped
Examples
He could n't help but burp loudly after finishing the meal.
1.1
to cause a baby to release air from the stomach by gently patting or rubbing their back
Transitive: to burp a baby
Examples
She carefully burped the baby after feeding him, patting his back gently.
Burp
01
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
burps
Lexical Tree
burping
burp
