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belly

31 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) belly (noun)
  2. 2) belly (verb)
  3. belly brace (noun)
  4. belly bump (noun or adverb or intransitive verb)
  5. belly bunt (noun or adverb or intransitive verb)
  6. belly bust (noun or adverb or intransitive verb)
  7. belly button (noun)
  8. belly dance (noun)
  9. belly flop (noun)
  10. belly-footed (adjective)
  11. belly-god (noun)
  12. belly-gun (noun)
  13. belly gut (noun or adverb or intransitive verb)
  14. belly in (verb)
  15. belly-land (verb)
  16. belly laugh (noun)
  17. belly offal (noun)
  18. belly robber (noun)
  19. belly tank (noun)
  20. belly up (verb)
  21. belly-up (adjective)
  22. belly whop (noun or adverb or intransitive verb)
  23. beer belly (noun)
  24. clear belly (noun)
  25. copper-belly (noun)
  26. Delhi belly (noun)
  27. fish belly rail (noun)
  28. fish belly sill (noun)
  29. pork belly (noun)
  30. possum belly (noun)

1bel·ly

noun \ˈbe-lē\
plural bellies

Definition of BELLY

1
a : abdomen 1; also : potbelly 1 b : the stomach and its adjuncts c : the undersurface of an animal's body; also : hide from this part d : womb, uterus
2
: an internal cavity : interior
3
: appetite for food
4
: a surface or object curved or rounded like a human belly
5
a : the enlarged fleshy body of a muscle b : the part of a sail that swells out when filled with wind
6
: gut 1a(2)
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Examples of BELLY

  1. He got down on his belly to crawl.
  2. They slid down the snowy hill on their bellies.
  3. a gray squirrel with a white belly
  4. the belly of an airplane
  5. the belly of a ship

Origin of BELLY

Middle English bely bellows, belly, from Old English belg bag, skin; akin to Old High German balg bag, skin, Old English blāwan to blow — more at blow
First Known Use: before 12th century

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Rhymes with BELLY

Delhi, deli, felly, jelly, Pelly, shelly, smelly, tele, telly, wellie

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