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BURPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burping mean? 

BURPING (noun)
  The noun BURPING has 1 sense:

1. a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouthplay

  Familiarity information: BURPING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURPING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

belch; belching; burp; burping; eructation

Hypernyms ("burping" is a kind of...):

ejection; expulsion; forcing out; projection (the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting)

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)


 Context examples 


Effortless regurgitation of food, milk, and saliva that commonly occurs in infants, usually right after feeding or burping.

(Infantile Gastroesophageal Reflux, NCI Thesaurus)

Passing gas through the mouth is called belching or burping.

(Gas, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)



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