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A.Word.A.Day--eructate

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eructate also eruct (i-RUK-tayt) verb tr. intr.

To belch.

[Latin eructare : e-, ex-, + ructare, to belch.]

"The score of Gawain features three tubas in eructating trinity." Malcolm Hayes, Arts: The bluffer's guide to Birtwistle, Independent, 10 Apr 1996.

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