bellyache

[ bel-ee-eyk ]
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noun
  1. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.

verb (used without object),bel·ly·ached, bel·ly·ach·ing.
  1. to complain; grumble.

Origin of bellyache

1
belly + ache;def. 1 was first recorded in 1545–55, and def. 2, an Americanism, in 1885–90

Other words from bellyache

  • bel·ly·ach·er, noun

Words Nearby bellyache

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How to use bellyache in a sentence

  • Well Andy Rooney did and nearly gave himself a bellyache over the results.

    The 7 Best Andy Rooney Kvetches | The Daily Beast Video | November 5, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Thees yer bellyache what thins me every summer an' wears a fellow out, don't come from nothing but tearing about then.

    A Poor Man's House | Stephen Sydney Reynolds
  • He is the soothing slumber, he is the soul awake, he is the big cucumber, that gives us the bellyache.

    Rippling Rhymes | Walt Mason
  • Do not drink large quantities of cold spring water when heated,—it will give you a very bad bellyache.

  • "Well, I'm not a nuisance yet with rheumatics and bellyache," observed Lady Crowborough.

    Thorley Weir | E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

British Dictionary definitions for bellyache

bellyache

/ (ˈbɛlɪˌeɪk) /


noun
  1. an informal term for stomachache

verb
  1. (intr) slang to complain repeatedly

Derived forms of bellyache

  • bellyacher, noun

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