Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

burp

UK /bɜːp/ · US /bɝp/ noun, verb

Forms burps burping burped

noun (chiefly Canada, US) A belch. “Lennon let out a burp after downing the beer.”
verb (intransitive) To emit a burp. “Burping is considered impolite in most western cultures.”
verb (transitive) To utter by burping “Stevie intends to burp the alphabet at the school talent show.”
verb (transitive) To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp.
verb (transitive) To open (a container of fermenting substance) to allow the release of accumulated gas.

Synonyms

Originally from American English, of imitative origin.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “burp”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details