Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with or without object), e·ruc·tat·ed, e·ruc·tat·ing.
- to eruct.
“belching,” 1530s, from Latin eructationem (nominative eructatio) “a belching forth,” noun of action from past participle stem of eructare “to belch forth, vomit,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + ructare “to belch,” from PIE *reug- “to belch” (cf. Lithuanian rugiu “to belch,” Greek eryge, Armenian orcam), probably of imitative origin. Related: Eruct; eructate.
n.
- The act or an instance of belching.