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Bellyache

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.

n. Slang A whining complaint.

verb-intransitive. Slang To complain, especially in a whining manner.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

v. To complain or whine, especially needlessly.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Pain in the bowels; colic.

verb-intransitive. to complain, especially in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Pain in the bowels; the colic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region

v. complain

Word Usage

"Listening to conservos bellyache is like listening to a frat boy who has set fire to his frat house and then complains about how much water the fire department uses to put the fire out. george in MD"

Verb Form

belly-aching bellyached bellyaches bellyaching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ache aching sound off kick quetch complain plain kvetch

Cross Reference

dry belly-ache

Form

bellyacher

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

colic gripe whine complain moan snivel grumble squawk

Same Context

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