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vurp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /vɜː(ɹ)p/

Etymology

Blend of vomit + burp.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A belch where a small amount of stomach acid is brought up into the mouth, creating a taste similar to that of vomit.
    • Vannellope: And now... Now I think I'm going to puke, actually. I mean, I think I might puke. You know, like a "vurp." Ralph: A what? Vannellope: Vomit and a burp together, and you can taste it, and it's like just like rising up... Oh, this is so exciting! 2012 October 29, Wreck-It Ralph, spoken by Vanellope von Schweetz and Wreck-It Ralph (Sarah Silverman and John C. Reilly):
    • Gore can't even change the inflection in his voice without sounding like someone trying to talk and hold a vurp back at the same time. 2000 August 18, SilverBullet, “Al Gore: I Am My Own Man...”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet):
    • well i don't know. for instance, i'd rather smell a burp rather than a fart, unless, it happened to be a very bad burp (or even worse, a vurp). 2001 April 14, Mike Kim, “Re: 3 way component sets”, in rec.audio.car (Usenet):
    • BTW, dry toast is the rule for a major case of the "vurps " . <g> 1999 January 20, User455673, “Re: Jets set new post season record!”, in alt.sports.football.pro.ne-patriots (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vurps Number=Plur lexicographic

vurp en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /vɜː(ɹ)p/

Etymology

Blend of vomit + burp.

Meanings

  1. (slang) To experience a combination of burping and vomiting.
    • “If Laurie gets two sundaes, then I get two,” Bonnie said. […] ¶ “You’ll vurp,” I said. ¶ “What’s vurp?” Her brows knotted suspiciously. ¶ “It’s when you burp, only you almost vomit.” ¶ […] ¶ “It’s a Celeste-ism,” I said. 2005, Nancy N. Rue, ’Nama Beach High Book 4: Totally Unfair, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 32:
    • She heads into the kitchen to pour a glass of the all-American drink [milk] for our all-American athlete. The scene is enough to make me want to vurp. How did I end up the lone monster in a family that belongs on a porcelain Christmas plate? 2007, Melissa Walker, Violet on the Runway, Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 26:
    • I took some meat loaf and mashed potatoes even though I wasn’t hungry. […] I’m regretting it now as I ride my mountain bike, vurping onions and garlic and hard-boiled egg. 2009, Don Calame, Swim the Fly, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 39:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vurping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vurped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vurped Tense=Past lexicographic
vurps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic