as in belch
an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth an enormous eructation that startled everyone within earshot

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Recent Examples on the Web What could this latest eructation from the presidential brain mean? Gerard Baker, WSJ, 19 June 2023 That assessment is doubtless linked to CNN’s coverage of the Trump years, which was a flood-the-zone extravaganza that highlighted every baffling suggestion and eructation of the 45th president. Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 Cows account for another 4% of global carbon emissions in the form of methane through what scientists call eructation and flatulence, or what our kids refer to as burping and farting. Chunka Mui, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021 Our tent was fast filling with eructations-ode de Dinty Moore. John Phillips, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2020 His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak. Charles Seife, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017

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“Eructation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eructation. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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