Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Belch

Belch (belch; 224) , transitive verb

[Old English belken, Anglo-Saxon bealcan, akin to English bellow. See Bellow, v. i.]

1.
To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.
I belched a hurricane of wind. — Swift
2.
To eject violently from within; to cast forth; to emit; to give vent to; to vent.
Within the gates that now Stood open wide, belching outrageous flame. — Milton

Belch , intransitive verb

1.
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
2.
To issue with spasmodic force or noise. — Dryden

Belch , noun

1.
The act of belching; also, that which is belched; an eructation.
2.
Malt liquor; -- vulgarly so called as causing eructation. [Obsolete] — Dennis