Eructate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To belch, to burp. formal, intransitive
"Pain in the right side of the throat, as from an ulcery sensation or as if a splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, eructating, breathing, stretching and moving the neck."
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More examples"Pain in the right side of the throat, as from an ulcery sensation or as if a splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, eructating, breathing, stretching and moving the neck."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ēructātus, from the verb ēructō.
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