tummy

tummy
Synonyms and related words:
abdomen, abomasum, bay window, beerbelly, belly, breadbasket, craw, crop, diaphragm, embonpoint, first stomach, gizzard, gullet, gut, honeycomb stomach, kishkes, manyplies, maw, midriff, omasum, paunch, pot, potbelly, potgut, psalterium, pusgut, rennet bag, reticulum, rumen, second stomach, spare tire, stomach, swagbelly, third stomach, tum-tum, underbelly, venter, ventripotence

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  • tummy — (n.) 1867, infantile for STOMACH (Cf. stomach). Tummy ache is attested from 1926 …   Etymology dictionary

  • tummy — [n] stomach abdomen, belly, below the belt*, breadbasket*, gut, insides, paunch, pot*, solar plexus, spare tire*; concepts 393,420 …   New thesaurus

  • tummy — ► NOUN (pl. tummies) informal ▪ a person s stomach or abdomen. ORIGIN a child s pronunciation of STOMACH(Cf. ↑stomach) …   English terms dictionary

  • tummy — [tum′ē] n. pl. tummies [orig. a child s term] Informal the stomach or abdomen …   English World dictionary

  • tummy — noun (informal) 1 part of the body where food is digested ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ upset TUMMY + VERB ▪ rumble ▪ ache …   Collocations dictionary

  • tummy — [[t]tʌ̱mi[/t]] tummies 1) N COUNT Your tummy is the part of the front of your body below your waist. Tummy is often used by children or by adults talking to children. Your baby s tummy should feel warm, but not hot. Syn: stomach 2) N COUNT You… …   English dictionary

  • tummy — tum|my [ˈtʌmi] n plural tummies [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: stomach] ↑stomach used especially by or to children ▪ He was up all night with tummy ache . tummy bug/upset BrE (=an illness of the stomach that makes you vomit) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tummy — noun (C) a word for stomach, used especially by or to children: Touch your head and pat your tummy. | tummy bug/upset (=an illness of the stomach that makes you feel sick) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • tummy — UK [ˈtʌmɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms tummy : singular tummy plural tummies informal your stomach. This word is used mainly by children or when speaking to children …   English dictionary

  • tummy — /tum ee/, n., pl. tummies. Informal. stomach: The baby had a pain in his tummy. [1865 70; nursery alter. of STOMACH] * * * …   Universalium

  • tummy — n. (pl. ies) colloq. the stomach. Phrases and idioms: tummy button the navel. Etymology: childish pronunc. of STOMACH …   Useful english dictionary

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