Definition

1. Verb:
   • To expel gas from the stomach through the mouth; to belch or burp. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • To eject or send out something, especially in large quantities or with force. This meaning is often used in geological or metaphorical contexts, similar to "spew" or "erupt."

Examples

• Verb (to belch):
  • After drinking the soda quickly, he began to eruct loudly.
  • In some cultures, it is considered polite to eruct after a meal to show appreciation.
• Verb (to eject forcefully):
  • The volcano would periodically eruct ash and lava into the sky.
  • The angry speaker began to eruct a series of insults at the crowd.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Medical Usage: In medical contexts, "eruct" or "eructation" is the formal term for the act of belching.
  • The patient complained of excessive eructation after meals.
• Figurative/Literary Usage: Used to describe something being emitted copiously or violently, often words or emotions.
  • The political debate devolved into each candidate eructing prepared talking points.

Variants and Related Words

• Eructation (n): The act or an instance of eructing; belching.
  • Eructation is a common symptom of indigestion.
• Eructate (v): A less common variant verb form with the same meaning as "eruct."
  • The machine seemed to eructate steam from every valve.

Synonyms

• Belch: To expel stomach gas noisily through the mouth.
• Burp: (Informal) To belch.
• Spew: To flow or gush out in a stream or to eject contents copiously.
• Erupt: (Especially of a volcano) to become active and eject lava, ash, and gases; to break out suddenly.
• Disgorge: To pour forth contents.

Phrasal Verbs

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms specifically using the word "eruct.")

Verb

1. expel gas from the stomach
   • In China it is polite to burp at the table
2. eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
   • the volcano spews out molten rocks every day
   • The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate