outbelch

outbelch

English

Etymology

out- +‎ belch

Verb

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.