Burp
verb
To make a noise from your stomach through your mouth.
She burped the baby after she finished feeding him.
Often appears as...
- burp up
- burp out
noun
The noise you make when air from your stomach comes out of your mouth.
He let out a loud burp at the dinner table.
Often appears as...
- give a burp
- let out a burp
verb
To release gas through the mouth from the digestive tract.
If you burp a lot, you might have swallowed too much air while eating.
Often appears as...
- burp a lot
- burp loudly
verb
To make a noise from your stomach through your mouth.
She burped the baby after she finished feeding him.
Often appears as...
- burp up
- burp out
noun
The noise you make when air from your stomach comes out of your mouth.
He let out a loud burp at the dinner table.
Often appears as...
- give a burp
- let out a burp
verb
To release gas through the mouth from the digestive tract.
If you burp a lot, you might have swallowed too much air while eating.
Often appears as...
- burp a lot
- burp loudly
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3After Feeding
Used often when talking about caring for babies who need to release gas.
Remember to burp the baby after their bottle.
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Setting
Most appropriate in casual, informal contexts or at home, not formal occasions.
He burped loudly while watching the game with friends.
Pro Tip 3/3Apologize If Necessary
In many cultures, it's polite to excuse yourself if you burp accidentally.
Oh, excuse me for burping; I didn't mean to be rude.
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Diagnosing a zombie:...
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Careful there. Just because criminals have the same active brain regions as people who are angry, doesn't mean that they're inherently aggressive. That's like saying because I kiss with the same face hole that I use to burp, then these two things are related. It's a false equivalence. Huh! Never thought of it like that. That's a good point.
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Peter Reinhart: The art...
and we have to essentially distribute all the ingredients evenly. Then we get into fermentation, the third stage, which is really where the flavor develops. The yeast comes alive and starts eating the sugars, creating carbon dioxide and alcohol -- essentially it's burping and sweating, which is what bread is.
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Life Beyond Earth, Part...
and producing a tiny burp of oxygen; the very process which created the oxygen on our own planet and gave rise to more complex life forms. So, that's the kind of signature that we would want to see by catching the light filtering through the atmosphere.
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
and are far more common in infants that adults. Their explanation for this involves the uniquely mammalian activity of nursing. The ancient hiccup reflex may have been adapted by mammals to help remove air from the stomach as a sort of glorified burp.
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So, lots of kids of a certain age will have burping competitions or competitions to see who can make the grossest face. And they do that in part because it's a little bit transgressive, right? But there's another layer to why we define stuff as gross.
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The surprisingly...
and can sometimes, with some people, when it gets too big, create discomfort or even some sensations of pain. But for most of the people, is just results that it's far easier to burp when you're laying on your left side instead of your right.
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Which type of milk is...
But for dairy milk, the cows themselves also produce emissions by burping and farting out large quantities of the gas methane. Overall, each glass of dairy milk contributes over half a kilogram of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
bring her Cubs dart and they'll play for us all night long that's definitely what's going to happen she had a bit of mud to drink from literally a hole of mud she then made a burp that went as
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The Final Jump PIPE...
walking there though even though I had made that decision like like I was having some uncontrollable like bodily nerves going on like I felt like burping
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Bryan Smith: Adrenaline...
walking there though even though I had made that decision like like I was having some uncontrollable like bodily nerves going on like I felt like burping
Video examples
Diagnosing a zombie:...
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Careful there. Just because criminals have the same active brain regions as people who are angry, doesn't mean that they're inherently aggressive. That's like saying because I kiss with the same face hole that I use to burp, then these two things are related. It's a false equivalence. Huh! Never thought of it like that. That's a good point.
Video examples
Peter Reinhart: The art...
and we have to essentially distribute all the ingredients evenly. Then we get into fermentation, the third stage, which is really where the flavor develops. The yeast comes alive and starts eating the sugars, creating carbon dioxide and alcohol -- essentially it's burping and sweating, which is what bread is.
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
and producing a tiny burp of oxygen; the very process which created the oxygen on our own planet and gave rise to more complex life forms. So, that's the kind of signature that we would want to see by catching the light filtering through the atmosphere.
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
and are far more common in infants that adults. Their explanation for this involves the uniquely mammalian activity of nursing. The ancient hiccup reflex may have been adapted by mammals to help remove air from the stomach as a sort of glorified burp.
Video examples
Why you should love...
So, lots of kids of a certain age will have burping competitions or competitions to see who can make the grossest face. And they do that in part because it's a little bit transgressive, right? But there's another layer to why we define stuff as gross.
Video examples
The surprisingly...
and can sometimes, with some people, when it gets too big, create discomfort or even some sensations of pain. But for most of the people, is just results that it's far easier to burp when you're laying on your left side instead of your right.
Video examples
Which type of milk is...
But for dairy milk, the cows themselves also produce emissions by burping and farting out large quantities of the gas methane. Overall, each glass of dairy milk contributes over half a kilogram of greenhouse gas emissions.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
bring her Cubs dart and they'll play for us all night long that's definitely what's going to happen she had a bit of mud to drink from literally a hole of mud she then made a burp that went as
Video examples
The Final Jump PIPE...
walking there though even though I had made that decision like like I was having some uncontrollable like bodily nerves going on like I felt like burping
Video examples
Bryan Smith: Adrenaline...
walking there though even though I had made that decision like like I was having some uncontrollable like bodily nerves going on like I felt like burping
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Quote examples
W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.
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Shanna Moakler
The best burp cloths I find is getting a large package of disposable cloth diapers without padding and use them; I used them for everything and the more you wash them the softer they become!
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Michelle Rodriguez
American Actress
I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.
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Marcia Cross
American Actress
I'll tell you my routine - it's really exciting. I feed, I burp, I change diapers, I pump. And then I have a tiny window of time to myself.
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Jessie Ware
British Musician
I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I can hold my own when it comes to burping. I've got a good feeling that I could win a championship.
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Judy Gold
American Comedian
My two sons are the biggest pigs - always dirty, sweaty, burping and farting.
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Bill Watterson
American Cartoonist
When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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Kate Winslet
Actress
I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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Justin Roiland
American Actor
I can't burp on command.
Quote examples
W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.
Quote examples
Shanna Moakler
The best burp cloths I find is getting a large package of disposable cloth diapers without padding and use them; I used them for everything and the more you wash them the softer they become!
Quote examples
Michelle Rodriguez
American Actress
I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.
Quote examples
Marcia Cross
American Actress
I'll tell you my routine - it's really exciting. I feed, I burp, I change diapers, I pump. And then I have a tiny window of time to myself.
Quote examples
Jessie Ware
British Musician
I can't eat before I go onstage because I've learnt that burping on stage isn't a good thing. It's all about acid reflux.
Quote examples
Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I can hold my own when it comes to burping. I've got a good feeling that I could win a championship.
Quote examples
Judy Gold
American Comedian
My two sons are the biggest pigs - always dirty, sweaty, burping and farting.
Quote examples
Bill Watterson
American Cartoonist
When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
Quote examples
Kate Winslet
Actress
I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
Quote examples
Justin Roiland
American Actor
I can't burp on command.
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