belly : Idioms & Phrases

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belly button

  • noun a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
    omphalos; navel; omphalus; bellybutton; umbilicus.
    • you were not supposed to show your navel on television
    • they argued whether or not Adam had a navel
    • she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton
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belly dance

  • noun a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
    danse du ventre; belly dance.
  • verb perform a belly dance
    belly dance.
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belly dancer

  • noun a woman who performs a solo belly dance
    belly dancer; exotic dancer.
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belly dancing

  • noun a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
    danse du ventre; belly dance.
  • verb perform a belly dance
    belly dance.
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Belly doublet

  • a doublet of the 16th century, hanging down so as to cover the belly. Shak.
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belly flop

  • noun a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water
    belly flopper; belly flop; belly whop.
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belly flopper

  • noun a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water
    belly flopper; belly flop; belly whop.
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Belly fretting

  • the chafing of a horse's belly with a girth. Johnson.
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belly laugh

  • noun a burst of deep loud hearty laughter
    guffaw.
  • noun a joke that seems extremely funny
    sidesplitter; riot; wow; howler; scream; thigh-slapper.
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belly out

  • verb swell out or bulge out
    belly.
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Belly timber

  • food. Ludicrous Prior.
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belly whop

  • noun a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water
    belly flopper; belly flop; belly whop.
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belly whopper

  • noun a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water
    belly flopper; belly flop; belly whop.
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Belly worm

  • a worm that breeds or lives in the belly (stomach or intestines). Johnson.
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belly-flop

  • verb dive so that one hits the water with one's belly
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belly-god

Bel"ly-god` noun
Definitions
  1. One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure.
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belly-land

  • verb land on the underside without the landing gear
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belly-pinched

Bel"ly-pinched` adjective
Definitions
  1. Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf." Shak.
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belly-up

  • adjective satellite financially ruined
    bankrupt.
    • a bankrupt company
    • the company went belly-up
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big-bellied

  • adjective satellite having a prominent belly
    big-bellied.
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Big"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.
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blue-belly

  • noun common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
    western fence lizard; swift; Sceloporus occidentalis.
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broken-bellied

Bro"ken-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a ruptured belly. R.
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empty-bellied

  • adjective satellite needing nourishment
    empty.
    • after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime
    • empty-bellied children
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exotic belly dancer

  • noun a woman who performs a solo belly dance
    belly dancer; exotic dancer.
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fire-bellied toad

  • noun toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside
    Bombina bombina.
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fish-bellied

Fish"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail. Knight.
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flat-bellied

  • adjective lacking a prominent belly
    bellyless.
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gor-bellied

Gor"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Bog-bellied. Obs.
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gor-belly

Gor"-bel`ly noun
Etymology
Gore filth, dirt + belly.
Definitions
  1. A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. Obs.
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great bellied

  • adjective satellite having a prominent belly
    big-bellied.
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great-bellied

Great"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a great belly, bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak.
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pork belly

  • noun side of fresh pork
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pot-bellied

Pot"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.
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pot-belly

Pot"-bel`ly noun
Definitions
  1. A protuberant belly.
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Red-bellied perch

  • the long-eared pondfish.
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red-bellied snake

  • noun harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States
    Storeria occipitamaculata.
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red-bellied terrapin

  • noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
    Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied terrapin; redbelly.
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red-bellied turtle

  • noun freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
    Pseudemys rubriventris; red-bellied terrapin; redbelly.
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speckled-belly

Spec"kled-bel`ly noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The gadwall. Local, U.S.
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swag-bellied

Swag"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak.
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tun-bellied

Tun"-bel`lied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like a tun; pot-bellied.
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white-bellied swallow

  • noun bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities
    Iridoprocne bicolor; tree swallow.
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yellow-bellied

  • adjective satellite easily frightened
    white-livered; yellow; chickenhearted; lily-livered; chicken.
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yellow-bellied sapsucker

  • noun eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen
    Sphyrapicus varius.
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yellow-bellied terrapin

  • noun freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets
    slider; Pseudemys scripta.
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