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prettygoodworderuct (ih-RUHKT) - v., to belch.
As in to burp gases from the stomach, but also used of volcanoes that suddenly spew forth matter, especially gaseous. Dates to the 1590s, from Latin ērūctāre to vomit/discharge violently, frequentative of ērūgere, to belch/disgorge.
---L.
As in to burp gases from the stomach, but also used of volcanoes that suddenly spew forth matter, especially gaseous. Dates to the 1590s, from Latin ērūctāre to vomit/discharge violently, frequentative of ērūgere, to belch/disgorge.
---L.
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