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bellyache

English

Etymology

belly +? ache

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?li?e?k/

Noun

bellyache (plural bellyaches)

  1. Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

Synonyms

  • stomachache
  • tummyache

Translations

Verb

bellyache (third-person singular simple present bellyaches, present participle bellyaching, simple past and past participle bellyached)

  1. To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

  • bellyacher

Translations

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bellywark

English

Alternative forms

  • belly-wark, bellywaak, belly-waak (East Yorkshire), bellywahk, belly-wahk (East Yorkshire), bellywarch, belly-warch, bally-warche (Cheshire, Staffordshire), bellywartch, bally-wartch, belly-wartch (Lancashire), bellywerch, belly-werch (Lancashire), bellywork, belly-work (Cumbria, Lincolnshire)

Etymology

From belly +? wark (pain).

Noun

bellywark (countable and uncountable, plural bellywarks)

  1. (Midlands and Northern England) A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bellywark.
  2. (Yorkshire, games) A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly.

References

  • Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary?[2], volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 238

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