Eructate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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."

Example

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"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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