berps
burp
informal
1. verb To expel digestive gas from one's mouth; to belch. Please say "excuse me" after you burp, Jennifer. Could you not burp like that at the dinner table, please? Yikes, didn't that kid's parents teach him not to burp in public like that?
2. verb To cause someone, especially a baby, to expel digestive gas from their mouth. Make sure you burp Tommy after giving him his bottle, OK? If you're going to burp the baby, here's a burp cloth for your shoulder. Gently pat Janie's back to burp her—there you go.
3. noun An expulsion of digestive gas from the mouth; a belch. Wow, that was quite the burp! It must have been from all that soda. A: "Grandma!" B: "I'm sorry, but you can't hold anything back at this age—including burps." Once we're inside the church, I don't want to hear any giggles, any burps, anything remotely inappropriate. Got it, boys?
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burp
verbSee berp
berps
and burps n. liquor; beer. (see also belch.) Did you bring the berps for the party?
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