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outie belly button

outie belly button

1 7.1
A small part in the middle of the stomach that sticks out
  • noun
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  • After the surgery, his belly button became an outie belly button instead of the usual innie.

Examples

  • Mother's tummy is rounded from the baby, and she has an outie belly button.

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  • The child proudly showed off his outie belly button during swim class.

  • She was born with an outie belly button, which made her feel unique among her friends.

Synonyms

outie
vsoutie belly button
4 8.9

A belly button that sticks out from the stomach

has identical meaning but uses a longer descriptive form

Surface Forms

outie belly button singular
outie belly buttons plural

Morphology

outie + belly + button

The phrase is directly compositional: 'outie' denotes a navel that projects outward and 'belly button' denotes the navel, so the combined meaning ('a navel that sticks out') follows immediately from the constituents. This adjective+noun descriptive pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.

Etymology

Outie belly button comes from the simple image of a belly button that 'sticks out'. People call this kind an outie, the opposite of an 'innie', so the phrase means a belly button that 'sticks out' rather than going in.