outbelch

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

out- +‎ belch

Verb[edit]

outbelch (third-person singular simple present outbelches, present participle outbelching, simple past and past participle outbelched)

  1. To belch more or louder than.
    • c. 1600, The Return From Parnassus:
      Hang him, whose verse cannot outbelch the wind, That cannot beard and brave Dan Æolus ; That, when the cloud of his invention breaks, Cannot outcrack the scarecrow thunderbolt.
    • 1935, Gordon Bandy Enders, Edward Anthony, Nowhere Else in the World, page 102:
      He could outeat, outdrink, and outbelch any monk from Tashilhunpo to Kumbum.
    • 1950, Benn Wolfe Levy, Clutterbuck: comedy in three acts, page 10:
      I don't mean he goes off to his club and says proudly, " Do you know, old man, my little woman can outbelch any cab driver in London."
    • 2011, Julie Garwood, Saving Grace:
      Why, the way they tried to outbelch each other was downright disgusting.