belch
/ˈbɛltʃ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "'Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; To eat us hungerly, and when they are full, They belch us."
- "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."
- "She eats too fast, belches behind a cupped hand, smiles."
- "Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship."
- "Within the gates of hell sat Sin and Death, In counterview within the gates, that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame Far into Chaos […]."
- "Vulcan this plague begot; and, like his sire, Black clouds he belch'd, and flakes of livid fire."
Etymology
From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: belchen, bielċan, *balkijaną
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈbɛltʃ/