to belly
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7.0
- verb
- /ˈbɛli/
- Vitti bellies up to the buffet, stepping between an older couple.
Examples
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The balloon began to belly out as it filled with air, creating a round shape.
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When the pressure increased, the pipe started to belly in the middle, threatening to burst.
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Okay, pull them back up again and we'll belly land.
Fiction book (1990) -
We belly up to where the bar should be.
Academic text (2007) -
And Democrats need to belly up to that reality.
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Let's belly up to the bar And get us some refreshment.
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Canadians have to belly up if we want a Canadian culture.
Academic text (1998) -
Hopefully we won't go belly up there... we almost did here...
Blog text (9) -
Patrick bellies up and looks around the club.
Fiction book (1999) -
First thing anybody knew, they were bellying up to Venus, this other planet out there.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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7.0
To stick out in a round shape, like a jacket or sail in the wind
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7.6
It curves outward in the middle to form a rounded bulge
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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3.4
A fatty cut of pork from the pig's belly that people cook, for example to make bacon
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3.7
A dance from the Middle East where a dancer moves the hips and stomach in soft flowing movements
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7.5
A woman who moves her stomach and hips in a colorful foreign dance to entertain people
How Bulging
Surface Forms
Etymology
Belly as a verb comes from the same root belg, like a bellows or bag that fills and pushes out, so to 'belly' is to swell or bulge outward.