Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- n. Slang A whining complaint.
- v. Slang To complain, especially in a whining manner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Pain in the bowels; the colic.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Pain in the bowels; colic.
- v. to complain, especially in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region
- v. complain.
Etymologies
- From belly + ache (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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”
“don't just "bellyache" DO what you can to make a difference in your corner of the universe.”
“i think a night in the dungeon would be preferable to a Subway 'bellyache' special ...”
“I used to dive and swim so much that I usually ended up with bellyache thanks to swallowing too much salt water.”
“A 9-year-old girl's appendix ruptures after doctors rule she's just got a bellyache.”
The Wall Street Journal: Hospitals Overhaul ERs to Reduce Mistakes
“The query (about whichmost of us have been known to bellyache.)”
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“The key thing to keep in mind, however, is that it's the very same people who constantly bellyache about how kids might be brainwashed by making an oil baron not-so-cuddly in a movie, who through vocal support or their vote, deprive children of health care.”
The Huffington Post: Cliff Schecter: When Will Culture Warriors Find Their Rainbow Connection?
“And yet, they bellyache about the costs of a public option for health care in this nation …”
“Sure, invite Eric Cantor and his ilk so they can later grandstand on Fox News and bellyache about the Democrats.”
“Staying late into the night and coming in on weekends (gasp) to bellyache about what they don't like about any bills that the Dems put out while not coming up with anything to offer themselves, I'm loving it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bellyache’.
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EN - Old Western Slang
a hog-killin' time, a lick and a promise, according to Hoyle, ace-high, all down but nine, arbuckle's, at sea, back down, balled up, bang-up, bazoo, bear sign and 212 more...
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Genes
Interesting gene names. Some of these may have changed recently (to something less offensive/funny).
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tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
favourites.
waltz, articulate, caterpillar, skeletal, zeitgeist, pensive, nymph, obscure, fluctuate, bellyache, martyr, premium and 2 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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B is for Blue Canary
My B Words
bugbear, bette davis eyes, backstroke, barney, babushka, babycakes, backscratcher, bad news bears, balderdash, ballyhoo, baloney, bamboozle and 150 more...
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Action
occurrence, event, situational, etc.
rapprochement, dithyramb, bellyache, harrass, hussle, hassle, harass, snarl, holler
Tweets
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reesetee Ah, a verb from ol' Mom. "Quit your bellyaching." :-) Feb 16, 2007
sionnach I like that this is a verb as well as a noun. Feb 16, 2007