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bellyache

[bel-ee-eyk]

noun

  1. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.



verb (used without object)

bellyached, bellyaching 
  1. to complain; grumble.

bellyache

/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /

noun

  1. an informal term for stomachache

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. slang(intr) to complain repeatedly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • bellyacher noun
  • ˈˌ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bellyache1

belly + ache; bellyache def. 1 was first recorded in 1545–55, and bellyache def. 2, an Americanism, in 1885–90
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All this yelling and bellyaching serves a pragmatic purpose: to distract from how what they're saying makes no sense.

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But Specktor is trying to do something subtler and more slippery than cataloging boldfaced names and bellyaching about how commerce has strangled art.

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"They are crybabies of the highest order," she notes, bellyaching non-stop because liberals continue to hold them in contempt.

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Who else but a bunch of losers has the time to sit around on Twitter bellyaching about the imaginary lives of bureaucrats?

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Adam Wren of Politico also wrote on Saturday about Vance's relentless bellyaching.

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