belly button

bel·ly·but·ton

[bel-ee-buht-n]
noun Informal.
the navel.
Also, belly button.


Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; belly + button

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bellybutton (ˈbɛlɪˌbʌtən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
an informal name for the navel

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belly button
"navel," 1877, colloquial, from belly + button. Also bellybutton, belly-button.
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Medical Dictionary

bellybutton bel·ly·but·ton (běl'ē-bŭt'n)
n.
See navel.

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Slang Dictionary

belly button definition


  1. n.
    the navel. : Is your belly button an insy or an outsy?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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belly button

in anatomy, a small depression in the abdominal wall at the point of attachment of the umbilical cord (q.v.). It indicates the point through which the mammalian fetus obtained nourishment from its mother through the blood vessels of the umbilical cord.

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