tummy
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈtʌmi/
- Baby Talk
:
barriguita
- 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
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OK, the next question is how do you get your tummy so flat?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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You like those burgers, but they're awful on your tummy.
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Giggled about it, laughed until our tummies hurt, but no discussion.
Synonyms
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1.0
An organ in the body that mixes and partly digests food
107
3.0
The part of the body between the chest and hips that contains the stomach and intestines
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2.3
Rounded middle part of an object, for example a vase or a ship
8
9.3
The part of the body where food goes after you eat, often used by children
1
7.6
A body part that digests food
Compounds
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3.9
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
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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.