tummy
- noun
- /ˈtʌmi/
- Baby Talk
- The toddler giggled as his dad tickled his tummy.
- tummy ache
- my tummy hurts
- an upset tummy
Me and Alfie would sit and just hold my tummy until we felt her moving.
- Me and Alfie would sit and just hold my tummy until we felt her moving.
- Giggled about it, laughed until our tummies hurt, but no discussion.
- It scared her and made her sad and made her tummy hurt, to quote my stepdaughter.
- Backside, tummy, upside down, all the ways.
- I have such a bloated tummy right now.
- And she says, but you know, you, you seem to have a tummy ache.
- I love your red, bumpy, ridgy tummy.
Examples
-
OK, the next question is how do you get your tummy so flat?
-
Touching her tummy lightly, she said, "It's going to be a long week."
Fiction book (2001) -
Little update on my tummy after breakfast this morning.
-
I have had a tummy upset for five days in a row now.
Fiction book (2000) -
Would you like to take off your gown and go and lie on your tummy over on the couch?
-
The hard knot in her tummy eased a little just from seeing him.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her little hands fluttered over her tummy, and she kept putting her fingers in her belly button.
Fiction book (1991) -
All right, thanks to Jamba Juice, we are back and our tummies are filled.
-
You like those burgers, but they're awful on your tummy.
-
Giggled about it, laughed until our tummies hurt, but no discussion.
Synonyms
An organ in the body that mixes and partly digests food
The part of the body between the chest and hips that contains the stomach and intestines
Rounded middle part of an object, for example a vase or a ship
The part of the body where food goes after you eat, often used by children
A body part that digests food
Compounds
Time when a baby lies on their stomach while awake to build neck, shoulder, and arm strength
- Informal
An exercise that lifts the shoulders toward the hips to work the stomach muscles
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tummy is a friendly, childlike form of the short word tum, which people use to mean 'stomach' or 'belly'. That's why tummy is an informal word for the stomach, often used when a belly is round or hurts.