eructate

[ ih-ruhk-teyt ]

verb (used with or without object)

, e·ruc·tat·ed, e·ruc·tat·ing.

1. to eruct.

Other Words From

• e·ruc·ta·tion [ih-ruhk-, tey, -sh, uh, n, ee-ruhk-], noun
• e·ruc·ta·tive [ih-, ruhk, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of eructate¹

First recorded in 1630–40, eructate is from the Latin word ēructātus discharged, sent forth. See eruct, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

A Botox injection resolved their problems by giving them the ability to burp, or, to use an academic term, eructate.

From Salon

To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.

From Project Gutenberg

"What beats me," James had once exclaimed, "is how a man like you who professes to admire—no, I believe you're honest—who does admire Stendhal, Turgenev, Flaubert and Merim�e, who recognizes the perfection of Manon Lescaut and Adolphe, who in a word has taste, can bring himself to eructate the Fall of Babylon."

From Project Gutenberg

Eructate, e-ruk′tāt, v.t. to belch out, as wind from the stomach.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist. belch, v. eruct, expel, throw up; eructate. belching, n. eructation. belfry, n. bell-tower, campanile.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• emit
• gush