outbelch
verbEtymology From out- + belch.
1
To belch more or louder than.
- 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.c. 1600, The Return From Parnassus:
- He could outeat, outdrink, and outbelch any monk from Tashilhunpo to Kumbum.1935, Gordon Bandy Enders, Edward Anthony, Nowhere Else in the World, page 102:
2 more examples
- 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."1950, Benn Wolfe Levy, Clutterbuck: comedy in three acts, page 10:
- Why, the way they tried to outbelch each other was downright disgusting.2011, Julie Garwood, Saving Grace: