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Wiktionary
- n. Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility.
- v. present participle of bellyache.
Examples
“At home, when the Captain isn't tired, having a migraine, or stressed out (thereby giving in to yelling), I look at him and tell him to get back with me when he's done "bellyaching" and I walk into another room.”
“Why don't you stop bellyaching and help work through this process?”
“Not that they could give way to depression and gloom, for in organizations where bellyaching and rumor are rife—as they are in all armies—it was necessary to maintain an air of confidence at all times.”
“If we knew nothing else about this case but a list of those bellyaching we would know it was a good decision.”
Chuck Schumer (D-NY): Free speech is un-American. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“One is the quasi-Democratic tilt of the screenplay, with bad guys bellyaching about taxes on the rich and encroaching Socialism (gee, that sounds familiar).”
“We haven't heard a lot of bellyaching because driving cabs is what these guys do," Dowgwilla says.”
“Insofar as your bellyaching about fetuses, you should also direct your wrath to your party which does NOTHING about abortion but uses abortion as a wedge issue to get you to vote.”
“They might also consider suggesting that she take naptime before her speech, and offer her a snack of apple juice and Ritz crackers prior to the strident bellyaching her sycophants pay her for.”
“Both men are now leaving, and both — contrary to the bellyaching on the left — deserve props for helping to prevent a depression.”
Newsweek: Better Listen to Bill Clinton’s Good on Green Jobs.
“All I know is that for all of their quarreling and bellyaching, they had begun in romance and they gestured back to that romance a hundred times a year.”
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Body Participles
Words formed by joining a body part to a present participle. Used as adjectives or nouns.
nail-biting, arm-twisting, backbreaking, finger licking, lip-smacking, bellyaching, gut-wrenching, head scratching, toe tapping, butt kicking, face saving, eyebrow-raising and 9 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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Words for a Monday
drudgery, moil, toil, donkeywork, slavery, treadmill, grind, travail, sisyphean, plodding, spadework, slog and 33 more...
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slumry Yeah, it is hard to imagine a parent saying "Couldn't you kids please do some bellyaching?" Jun 15, 2007
uselessness I've never seen this word without it being preceded by quit your. Jun 15, 2007
slumry In my family, it was my father who used that word: "Can't you kids quit your bellyaching?" or, alternatively, "Aw, quit your yapping. Jun 15, 2007
reesetee Another word used by dear old Mom when we were kids! Jun 15, 2007
slumry as in complaining, whining, grumbling, murmuring, etc. Jun 15, 2007