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Definition of Eruct

1. Verb. Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical. "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate"

2. Verb. Expel gas from the stomach. "In China it is polite to burp at the table"

Definition of Eruct

1. v. t. To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch.

Definition of Eruct

1. Verb. To burp or belch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eruct

1. to belch [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: belch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eruct

erstwhile(a) ertacalciol erthine ertixiite ertumaxomab erubescence erubescency erubescent erubescite eruca

erucic erucic acid erucic acids eruciform erucifrom eruct (current term) eructate eructated eructates eructating

eructation eructations eructed eructing eructs erudit erudite eruditely eruditeness erudites

Literary usage of Eruct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"... stigmas about 12, eruct.—Am. Jour. Sei. 2 ser. xi v. 338; Cact. of Pacif. K. Hep. iv. 35, t. 5, tig. 4 - 10. apparently abundant, Parry, ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
""To eruct," said Don Quixote, "means to belch—a filthy, though very significant word; and therefore the polite, instead of saying ' belch,' make use of the ..."

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