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belly

Definition

  • noun: a person's stomach or the part of the body that contains the stomach
  • noun: the stomach and its adjuncts
  • verb: to cause (something, such as a sail) to curve or bulge outward
  • verb: to cause to swell or fill out
  • synonyms: abdomen, potbelly, fill

Examples

  • The business 'went belly-up' [=went bankrupt] during the long recession.

  • The team 'went belly-up' in the play-offs.

  • a middle-aged man with a big 'beer belly'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) here for us to fear. We knew to be afraid of snakes long before we ever even got into this world. The Cherokee would wrap their pregnant women's bellies in snake skin. Induce labor, scare the child out. Put that around your bed at night. Snake won't cross a braided rope. Thanks. (..)
    2012 Mud