different between tummy vs tommy

English

Etymology

Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?m.i/
• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

tummy (plural tummies)

1. (colloquial, often childish) Stomach or belly.

   Synonym: belly
2. (US, slang) Protruding belly, paunch.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:paunch

Derived terms

• gyppy tummy
• tummyache
• tummy button
• tummy time
• tummy tuck

Related terms

• belly (referring to abdomen, not stomach)

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?mi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?mi/
• Rhymes: -?mi
• Hyphenation: tom?my

Noun

tommy (countable and uncountable, plural tommies)

1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) Bread, generally a penny roll.
2. (Britain, slang, obsolete) The supply of food carried by workmen as their daily allowance.
3. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A truck, or barter; the exchange of labour for goods instead of money.
4. A tommy bar

Usage notes

• Often used adjectivally or in compounds: tommy master, tommy-store, tommy-shop, etc.

Derived terms

• soft tommy

Verb

tommy (third-person singular simple present tommies, present participle tommying, simple past and past participle tommied)

1. (Britain, slang, obsolete, transitive) To pay (employees) according to the truck system, with goods instead of money.