lurp

n. Lung burp. The quick, forced and noisy exhalation of air from the lungs, up through the windpipe and out of the mouth, usually an involuntary act. A lurp is different from a 'burp' which originates in the stomach and travels up the esophagus. A lurp may result from various situations, such as a blow or concussion to the chest; or from various conditions or diseases of the lung, such as a collapsed lung, and certain bronchial or pneumonia type diseases. -- v.i. lurped, lurping - To force air from the lungs out of the mouth, usually involuntarily. -- v.t. - To eject something from the lungs. Formed from (l)ung + b(urp).

1. After lurping at a large formal dinner party, the man, facing disdainful looks from around the table, explained that the noise was no burp, but a sound that originated in his lungs due to his pneumonia.
2. "It was only a lurp," the young man explained to his shocked date.
3. Much to the vexation of his neighbor in the hospital room, the man lurped all through the night.
4. To the horror of his onlooking friends, he lurped up a large glob of brown fluid.

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