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eructate
[ ih-ruhk-teyt ]
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ð·°ù³Ü³¦Â·³Ù²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [ih-ruhk-, tey, -sh, uh, n, ee-ruhk-], noun
- ±ð·°ù³Ü³¦Â·³Ù²¹Â·³Ù¾±±¹±ð [ih-, ruhk, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
A Botox injection resolved their problems by giving them the ability to burp, or, to use an academic term, eructate.
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
"What beats me," James had once exclaimed, "is how a man like you who professes to admire—no, I believe you're honest—who does admire Stendhal, Turgenev, Flaubert and Merim�e, who recognizes the perfection of Manon Lescaut and Adolphe, who in a word has taste, can bring himself to eructate the Fall of Babylon."
Eructate, e-ruk′tÄt, v.t. to belch out, as wind from the stomach.—n.
Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist. belch, v. eruct, expel, throw up; eructate. belching, n. eructation. belfry, n. bell-tower, campanile.
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